Posted on 05/23/2024 4:45:42 AM PDT by bert
"We don't put any international body above American sovereignty"
America should punish the ICC and put Karem Khan "back in his place," Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said during a Wednesday morning news conference.
Congress is reviewing all of its options including "aggressive legislation" to impose sanctions as quickly as possible, Johnson said.
"If the ICC moves forward with its absurd warrant request, this is going to be an even bigger international problem," Johnson said.
According to Johnson the US has never endorsed the ICC because it's a "direct affront to our own sovereignty."
"We don't put any international body above American sovereignty and Israel doesn't do that either," he added.
Johnson noted the ICC never targeted or arrested Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi despite engaging in "torture and terror."
"But instead, what we see right now is the ICC has chosen to target Israel with baseless and illegitimate arrest warrants, and it's attempting to equate Israel's just war for its existence with the horrific acts of the October 7 massacre," Johnson said. "To us, this is just unconscionable."
During Wednesday's White House news briefing, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said the administration is in consultation on a "bipartisan, bicameral basis with the Hill on all of the options for how to respond to what the ICC has just done."
Sullivan said the White House has not made any determinations yet.
In his testimony on Tuesday before the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, Secretary of State Antony Blinken indicated he'd be open to working with Congress on bipartisan sanctions against the ICC depending on the legislation brought forward.
If only NeoCons like Johnson had the same zeal for their own countries as they do for Israel.
“...because all that you really care about is Saint Zelensky...”
I won’t have that !
NeoCons love Israel just as much as Ukraine, maybe more.
Don’t include me in the Saint Zelensky crowd - I don’t give a damn about Ukraine - unless our troops are sent there.
Histrionics does Israel no favors.
Sorry, that was to Bert with you cc’d. That is why “Bertie” was in my comment
“The current ICC prosecutor, Karim Khan, despite touting his Muslim background and quoting the Quran, was the favored candidate of the US and Israel for his current position.”
Duh.
As was stated up thread, several of Johnson’s key aides have announced their departure suddenly. I wonder what betrayal is underway?
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