[metalurgist]

Hyde should shut up and sit down. The U.S. government's position should be that we don't recognize the ICC and it has no authority over the U.S. and it's citizens. Any attempt to put Americans under ICC jurisdiction will be met with appropriate force.

Asking the U.N. to exempt our soldiers from the ICC authority legitimizes the court.

[VietVet]

Actually, it makes a lot of sense to put UN Peacekeepers under the jurisdiction of the ICC. They certainly aren't under the jurisdiction of the country in which they are serving, and one can see very good reasons for them not to be. So *some* civilian authority should have the jurisdiction to hold them accountable for their actions.

What doesn't make a whole lot of sense is to put any members of the US Armed Forces into one of these UN Peacekeeping Details. US Troops should be under US command and subject to US legal control. If they are sent to any foreign country, it should be at the request of that country's government in alliance with the US, or as an act of war against an enemy.

[brat]

I agree. It connotes credibility.

[philman_36]

I concur. We aren't even in it and Hyde gives the impression that it is already a done deal.
Go home Mr. Henry.