Why would the US not join th ICC ?


	Why would the US not join th ICC ?

beanz

8-12-2009 2:33 AM

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beanz says:

well there are war crimes and then there are US war crimes, which of course, are not crimes at all but the pursuit of freedom and democracy, right ?

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