KEEPS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER US to use ‘any means’ to shield citizens & allies from war-crime probes IS THIS A GREEN LIGHT TO COMMIT WAR CRIMES?? The US will fight back using any means necessary if the International Criminal Court ever dares to probe an American or Israeli, and will punish those who cooperates with war-crime investigations, John Bolton is set to announce. “The United States will use any means necessary to protect our citizens and those of our allies from unjust prosecution by this illegitimate court,” Donald Trump’s national security adviser, John Bolton, is expected to say, according to a draft speech seen by Reuters. “We will not cooperate with the ICC. We will provide no assistance to the ICC. We will not join the ICC. We will let the ICC die on its own. After all, for all intents and purposes, the ICC is already dead to us.” The vigorous speech, titled ‘Protecting American Constitutionalism and Sovereignty from International Threats,’ according to the Washington Post, will be delivered to a conservative group in Washington on Monday.
The Trump administration will retaliate if the ICC proceeds with a formal investigation into alleged war crimes committed by US forces in Afghanistan. The ICC is considering an official probe after it received 1.17 million allegations from Afghan citizens of atrocities at the hands of the Taliban, local security forces and warlords, as well as the US-led coalition. In addition, Bolton will vow to protect all American allies from similar probes – in particular Israel, which is being accused of perpetrating war crimes against Palestinian civilians. “The United States will always stand with our friend and ally, Israel,”says Bolton's draft text. The potential US sanctions against judges, prosecutors and those who cooperate with such a probe might include banning those individuals from entering the US, freezing their assets, and trying them in American courts.
The United States (as well as Russia) signed but never ratified the 2002 Rome Treaty that established the International Criminal Court. The body has since been widely criticized as a “political tool,” especially after The Hague-based court failed to examine NATO’s illegal intervention and bombings of Belgrade in the case of the former Yugoslavia, instead only going after former president Slobodan Milosevic. Nevertheless, the US exerts some influence over the court via European governments, which are dominant in the administration of the ICC. So, even if the ICC were to launch a probe, let alone find US forces guilty of war crimes, it is doubtful that Washington would take any notice of such rulings.
I chose the worst time to leave the military. Now I could be using White phosphorous and makeshift explosives. Kind of shitty to be honest.
Eli Wood
Once again, youll do nothing but bitch and in a decade nothing will be any different and the world will still be about to end and youll still be here saying the same tired ass shit.
Liam Brown
thats what I was thinking, of course it doesn't protect anyone from a military court of justice but rape and robbery would really make a big come back
Dylan Adams
I wasn't bitching ten years ago. I wasn't even paying attention. it's kinda ruined my retirement to be honest.
Aaron Carter
They are really desperate about killing the red calf before something happens.
Christopher Bailey
Rape and Robbery would be punished instantly due to "MUH PR". But if lets say a higher ranking officer told me to trap an entire gas line and blow it when we fell back and the enemy occupied it…thats a different story. If lets say I was told to put mercury in the food we left behind well under this protection I could lace it and be protected. We could send out prisoners under a surrender flag and break cover, killing those that went out into the open, assassinate leaders, sneak in an ENTIRE unit with enemy clothing and then use them to engage the force behind enemy lines. Honestly there are a lot of fucking things you could do now that "War Crimes" dont mean shit. War Crimes should only really be limited to a few things in my opinion.
1:No civilians(like setting off a fucking nuke on an entire city)
2:No Nukes
3:No Chemical or Biological warfare.*
*As far as chemical goes basically dont poison the shit out of people. Some others want to argue that certain things constitute as "chemical" even though what people really mean are weapons that distribute toxins and poisons like Phosgene, Chlorine and Mustard Gas. Other than that a LOT of tricks have been removed. Bouncing Betties were amazing at removing troops though from my understanding they caused people to suffer or something and were not allowed anymore. Not sure what the actual deal was with them but I do know that one mine could remove an entire side of troops. Not like what we did in name was better. We spider webbed the entire fucking area and even loaded mines with shells and ammo belt parts.
