An Inconvenient Truth

[Occhidiangela]

Pardon my over-cinycism in that post. International courts and lack of US approval of the matter is what came up for me when I read that.

Apples and lugnuts comparison. International Courts are not the same as international meta orgs like UN and WTO. They are fundamentally different entities, both in charter and purpose. Their outcomes are also different, in the degree of binding judgments, jurisdiction, and accountability. Any US citizen worth his spit will reject any international court. The balance of power is not present in any international court system, and the Constitution's protections are only ensured under our own court system. Any American supporting International Courts as a place for an American to be "tried" is giving up his rights on the hope that someone will show mercy on them.

That is a fool's play, for all that our court system has its imperfections. International courts are fancy Kangaroo Courts of a profoundly political nature.

Occhi