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		simonh on July 26, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Assange case is collapsing but it remains a tr... There's no way a Democrat president would make US personnel subject to an international court either. If there ever were any prosecutions it would cause a political meltdown. Unilateralism and exceptionalism run deep in the US.

Iv on July 26, 2021 [–]

Bill Clinton signed the treaty that made the US join the ICC. GWB withdrew that signature.

People have been used to so many cynicism that they have forgotten that countries doing the good thing is a possibility.

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