Posted on 09/10/2018 11:57:35 AM PDT by Artemis Webb
The United States threatened Monday to arrest and sanction judges and other officials of the International Criminal Court if it moves to charge any American who served in Afghanistan with war crimes.
White House National Security Advisor John Bolton called the Hague-based rights body "unaccountable" and "outright dangerous" to the United States, Israel and other allies, and said any probe of US service members would be "an utterly unfounded, unjustifiable investigation."
"If the court comes after us, Israel or other US allies, we will not sit quietly," Bolton said.
He said the US was prepared to slap financial sanctions and criminal charges on officials of the court if they proceed against any Americans.
"We will ban its judges and prosecutors from entering the United States. We will sanction their funds in the US financial system, and we will prosecute them in the US criminal system," he said.
"We will do the same for any company or state that assists an ICC investigation of Americans," he said.
Bolton made the comments in a speech in Washington to the Federalist Society, a powerful association of legal conservatives.
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Bolton is his own man.
Yes, they targeted Pinochet who was Mother Theresa compared to Allende.
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A rather straightforward message. Cutting funding is fine, but I like personal responsibility.
I predict Don Jr. to run after Senior’s second term.
There are a few articles out there in left field discussing that and it is part of the hidden reasons they oppose Kavenaugh, apparently.
Interesting. Can you tell me what articles?
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