WikiLeaks publishes apparent negligent attack on civillians in Iraq video

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Why is the ICC impartial? It has people on it not robots right?

[Andres]

Why is the ICC impartial? It has people on it not robots right?

So, the US judging the actions of the US is as good as an International court judgin the actions of the US?

You don't see the problem with judge and one of the parties involved being the same?

I think it's pretty obvious why you can't be your own judge, but if you fail to see why, then there's no point in discussing this.

Then you have no other choice than to continue to be the judge in your own cases and being amazed that other people don't accept your judgement.

While we're at it, forget about courtrooms and your entire legal system; continuing your line of thought, they're all partial and biased, so it's all rubbish anyway.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

So, the US judging the actions of the US is as good as an International court judgin the actions of the US?

You don't see the problem with judge and one of the parties involved being the same?

I think it's pretty obvious why you can't be your own judge, but if you fail to see why, then there's no point in discussing this.

Then you have no other choice than to continue to be the judge in your own cases and being amazed that other people don't accept your judgement.

Aren't we our own judge when we decide whether to reelect a president? Or should we have an "impartial" international committee to decide that?

I'm fine with other people disagreeing with the US. I might myself in this case, not sure. I never really got the whole "this is what makes other countries hate us!" appeal.

While we're at it, forget about courtrooms and your entire legal system; continuing your line of thought, they're all partial and biased, so it's all rubbish anyway.

But our courtrooms and legal system are internal, which you were saying wasn't sufficient.

[drone]

I typed up a post on the ICC when you brought it up, but thought better about submitting it. If you really want to know...

The decision to stay out of the ICC was bad PR, but in the end I think it was the right decision. At the time (not so sure about our future employment in this role), as the World Police we would have opened our elected officials, military leaders, and troops to a myriad of lawsuits brought up by every tinpot dictator with a grudge. Look at how the UN operates, eventually the ICC would become similar.

We need to police ourselves better, especially if we ever want to regain the appearance of moral high ground. Of course, not getting involved in useless wars would keep the potential war crimes to a minimum.