It’s Robert Kaplan that has no proof.
He has a lot of innuendo, a lot of supposition, a lot of use of correlation, even though correlation is not causation, and his worst error in his thinking is that international relationships remain as they were in the era of the Ottoman Empire, as if all the history since then never happened.
“one learns that the ICC is a project initiated, promoted and, to a considerable extent, funded by Germany.”
No. The ICC was initiated, promoted and is funded by many nations in Europe, and Germany was not even among the first among them. Yes, Germany does support the ICC and so do many other nations particularly in Europe. It was not a “German” project. Germany obtained other states agreement in the final treaty, in terms of the shape of the court and the mandate it would take upon itself. But, the idea of the court and the general sense in Europe that there ought to be such a court at all, was not a “German” project, and as I said began in Europe without Germany.
Am I promotiong or in favor of promoting the ICC? No. I am totally against it. That has nothing to do with its origins or who has been behind it. Lots of people have, and not just Germany.
“which reports that the German government supports the rebels and their political arm, the Syrian National Council (SNC), against Assad; that the German government classified [made secret] “by reason of national interest” the contents of several BND (German foreign intelligence) reports that the May 25, 2012 massacre of civilians in the Syrian town of Houla, for which Assad has been blamed, was in fact perpetrated by rebel forces; and that “the German foreign office is working with representatives of the Syrian opposition to develop ‘concrete plans’ for a ‘political transition’ in Syria after the fall of Assad.”
Guess what; GWBush initiated the covert plan to promote and fund a domestic “opposition” movement in Syria starting more than a decade ago and it continued with Obama. We, some NATO members, the Gulf States and the Saudis have been behind it all along. It did not come from Germany and some NATO members and the U.S., and others, started to build the “Syrian opposition” before the Arab Spring began. It was not a “German” project, it was a “multinational” project.
Correlation is not causation, innuendo and supposition is not proof, 12th to 14th century context is not 2013 context; no matter what innuendo Mr Kaplan wants to make.
So you have no proof of your position, then.