khaake Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 So, what is the definition of 'pariah state,' again? https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/10/politics/us-bolton-icc-plo-intl/index.html Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Oh....so, now the US is above the law and it's appalling that anyone would even think about investigating what we do. Yeah...that adds to our stellar reputation right now. Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Sure...this is consistent. Link to comment
Danny Bateman Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 42 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said: Sure...this is consistent. Poor guy. What an atrocity. I think everyone knows he's not on Trump's priority list since he wants to do business with Egypt and and he's got a name like Moustafa. Link to comment
knapplc Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Oddly, I somewhat agree with the reasoning behind this. What Bolton is so inelegantly saying is that no American should be tried under the auspices of a court that has members who are avowed enemies of the United States. As usual, however, they're shutting down US involvement with an international organization without first having a backup plan. Same thing Trump did with TPP. Same thing he's trying to do with NAFTA. Same thing he's doing with NATO. Same thing he's doing with Obamacare. Same thing he's doing with just about everything. He claims he'll tear down all these "bad deals" and get us great new ones. The best deals. It's just that it's been two years and not one new deal has shown up that's beneficial to America. It's almost as if he's trying to tear America down instead of build it up. It's so weird. Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 7 minutes ago, knapplc said: Oddly, I somewhat agree with the reasoning behind this. What Bolton is so inelegantly saying is that no American should be tried under the auspices of a court that has members who are avowed enemies of the United States. As usual, however, they're shutting down US involvement with an international organization without first having a backup plan. Same thing Trump did with TPP. Same thing he's trying to do with NAFTA. Same thing he's doing with NATO. Same thing he's doing with Obamacare. Same thing he's doing with just about everything. He claims he'll tear down all these "bad deals" and get us great new ones. The best deals. It's just that it's been two years and not one new deal has shown up that's beneficial to America. It's almost as if he's trying to tear America down instead of build it up. It's so weird. That pretty much sums up the problem. He is destroying every inch of relations around the world and respect as a world power.....with no ability to build it back up into something even close to the same....let alone better. Link to comment
khaake Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 It's bullying on a global scale. Is the ICC perfect? Absolutely not. But what the statement seems to be saying is that the US will not be subject to international law. Such law is reserved instead for those of you who do not have a trillion dollar military, and who choose to not follow our dictates. It is not justice they are after, it is rule by might. "You don't have a military that can challenge us? Then get out of our f#%&ing way or we will steamroll you." And people wonder where asymmetric warfare (i.e. 'terrorism') comes from, as if it is a big freaking mystery. 1 Link to comment
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