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The failure of the United States to support the ICC is a disgrace to a country that claims to believe in the rule of law. According to the AP, The United States opposes the court, claiming Americans could be subject to politically motivated prosecutions. The AP offers the US its limp support, not informing the reader that the ICC has statutes that protect against politically motivated prosecutions. Also, the country of the accused has the first opportunity (and the responsibility) to bring to trial the accused. Then, there is also the very limited area of war crimes to which the court has jurisdiction. The AP explains nothing of this, only leaving the reader with the impression that "the always honest and honorable US fears that the lesser ones will try to pull them down." The outcome is the pathetic forays of the US around the world, attempting to obtain the palsied signatures absolving it of future war crimes, no matter the type or degree. Why does the US need a Croatian signature (and if you do not sign, you do not get the military hardware or other economic aid=that is, you will be strangled up to a point)? This is how the last remaining superpower wants to run the world. Good Luck!