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Netherlands bracing for potentially devastating US sanctions against the ICC

143 points · 131 comments · vrganj

mentalgear · 1790157724 · focus · HN ↗
It's really sad seeing the international order, erected primarily by the US as a driving force after WW2, now being torn down by the current US administration to the detriment not only of global safety but also the US itself.
Giving up the best soft-power levers they had in an attempt to replace them with coarse, obvious and ineffective hard-power beat-sticks is not only foolish but history shows never works well or long term.
1. glimshe · 1790158276 · focus · HN ↗
  Keep in mind that the US has never joined the ICC. China, Russia, India and, in fact, a large portion of the world (including the Arab world) aren't part of it.
  The ICC, irrespective of its merits, represents a somewhat narrow point of view.

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