Posted on 03/17/2019 9:02:52 PM PDT by caww
International officials trying to prosecute American military personnel will not be allowed to enter the United States, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Friday.
“We are determined to protect the American, allied, and civilian personnel from living in fear of unjust prosecutions for actions taken to defend our great nation,” Pompeo told reporters at the State Department.
Pompeo’s decision puts personal pressure on the International Criminal Court, a European-based tribunal that is trying to investigate whether “war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed” since the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan. The top diplomat said that the court, which was established by a treaty that the United States voted against, is “attacking America’s rule of law” by second-guessing the government’s existing mechanisms for enforcing a “strict” code of conduct for U.S. troops.
The visa revocation is the latest clash between President Trump's team and the international court. ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda asked the tribunal in 2017 for the authority to launch an investigation into U.S. operations in Afghanistan. She wants to probe potential "war crimes" committed by American military personnel after the invasion, as well as CIA activities "in secret detention facilities in Afghanistan" and around the world. The ICC rejected Pompeo's rebuke.
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Good! We are running the show within the borders or our Country, not them. F all foreign interference and while were at it, F the UN.
NBC was Fake News long before CNN came along. Remember “exploding” fuel tanks on Chebby pickups....helped along by attaching explosives to them? I vaguely remember them cobbling up some fire issue with Ford sedans, too. NBC has a long tradition of faking the news.
Maybe the ICC could bring in UN troops...lots of them...
I love Mike Pompeo for a number of reasons.
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