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*shrugs*
Most of you aren't old enough to remember the 70's and 80's when America's official position on the UN and international courts was "fuck em" and some of you aren't even old enough to remember when Bush passed a law to thunderous bipartisan applause allowing him to fucking INVADE the Hague to protect American and US-backed war criminals.
The ICC warrants are important because naming the beast is important; but the US will go full rogue state before it complies.
@AnarchoNinaWrites Yeah, the Hague Invasion Act is really something more folks should learn about. US has long thumbed noses at international laws. Like Israel, they are arrogant & won't stop their exceptionalism crap unless forced to by multiple nations.
@AnarchoNinaWrites so are you saying that the united states is a ter…. 
@AnarchoNinaWrites At the very least, it's a big moment because finally something official said the g-word applies to them.
You don't get tried for genocide unless it looks really likely.
And also a vindication for South Africa et al who wanted to see if white people can be tried in that court, too.
But yeah, physically arresting people, probably not happening.
@justafrog I just mean that a lot of Americans are acting like the US is a member of international justice bodies out of some respect or moral obligation for the process, so these rulings will force their hand. The reality is that "human rights" is a term we use to club our enemies and create justification for imperialism - when those same bodies come for us or our allies, we respond the same way Putin does - and always have.
@AnarchoNinaWrites It's the sad truth.
@AnarchoNinaWrites Anytime there's a Republican majority in legislature or a Republican president, the US is definitely a rogue state. Anytime the Democrats are in that position, it's probably a rogue state.