USA threatens ICC

Some few days back in a typical hawkish Rambo movie style, John Bolton, US National Security Advisor has declared war on the International Criminal Court (ICC).

The reason:  ICC prosecutor  Fatou Bensuda had requested authority for an investigation into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan encompassing all of the parties to the conflict. 

Bolton hates the ICC because it threatens the unrestrained exercise of US military power. Speaking before the conservative Federalist Society, Bolton announced that the US would pursue “any means necessary,” including economic sanctions and barring ICC prosecutors and judges from the US, to stop an investigation into purported US abuse of detainees in Afghanistan.

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