Now the USA is saying that the ICC is 'irredeemably corrupt'. For once I cannot disagree that the ICC is not corrupt for not bringing the perpetrators of the Iraq War to justice. Who would choose to disagree? Tony Blair had been touted as a 'voice of influence'. Yes, he is the voice of influence over the war crimes in Iraq by providing fabricated evidence to George W. Bush and was even given a knighthood of all things.
Now, the USA is saying that the ICC is 'irredeemably corrupt' not because of the ICC not bringing to justice the perpetrators of the Iraq War but because the ICC is looking at bringing to justice the commission of the USA's war crimes in Gaza and Iran, over the killing of innocent girls, women and children.
The ICC is under very grave criticism globally for overlooking the war crimes committed by the USA leaders and failing to bring the USA leaders to justice. Under threat by the USA of the ICC leaders risked being bombed to pieces, they cowered and did nothing. The kidnapping of Rodrigo Duterte clearly shows that the ICC is not punishing criminals but doing it selectively and without precedence. It appears that only those with big guns are exempted from being under the jurisdiction of the ICC. What kind of an International Criminal Court is that supposed to represent and who is to respect its actions?
Of course, it can always be argued that the USA was not a member of the ICC, and so was the Philippines with the latter withdrawing as a member in 2019. And so was Russia, with Putin slap with an arrest warrant by the ICC even when Russia was not a member of the ICC.
Of course, the ICC can do nothing about the war crimes of the USA leaders particularly Trump, Pete Hegseth and Marco Rubio. But by issuing arrest warrants for them would at least give the ICC some semblance of credibility. Would anyone bet on the ICC doing it?
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ICC issuing arrest warrants against the USA war criminals will never happen, even after the cows come home and in bed. And such warrants will not matter, because the threat of being blown to pieces will make sure no country is going to take the risk of arresting those war criminals. This is what the world behaves today. The law of the jungle applies.
Let us not just blame the ICC. What had the UN done in the face of the war crimes committed by USA leaders in Iraq. The UN even gave its rubber stamp to the USA to invade Iraq, so it is equally as guilty. It was an illegal war, based on fabricated evidence by the war criminals and costs the lives of hundreds of thousands or even millions of Iraqis. What happened to Iraq today is nobody's business. The UN just washed its hands off the crimes committed by the USA and UK in Iraq.
Human rights suddenly went deaf as a doornail after the USA invasion was found to be based on fabricated evidence. Of course, they slept on the same bed and we cannot expect otherwise. Human rights shouted the loudest whenever China or others go just slightly sideways, but that time, all human rights activist just went quiet like sheep.
I think all world bodies are corrupt with varying degrees. Oh yes, even sport bodies like FIFA are now totally corrupt. Irredeemably too.
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