The warning was direct, blunt and left no room for doubt. “We expect all ICC actions against the United States and our ally Israel – that is, all investigations and all arrest warrants – to be terminated,” said Reed Rubinstein, legal adviser at the US State Department, before delegates of the 125 member states of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday, July 8, at a meeting at United Nations headquarters in New York from July 7 to 9.

If the ICC arrest warrants for crimes against humanity and war crimes issued against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant on November 21, 2024, as well as ongoing investigations into crimes committed in the Gaza Strip and the settlement of Palestinian territory, are not dropped, “all options remain on the table,” he declared.

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    I think it’s time for the ICC to start issuing arrest warrants for US leaders, their backers and their repugnant little think tanks

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      Member countries would have to divest from the dollar first. We got everyone to use our currencies as a form of stabilizing politics and now we have a group of bad actors using that to their advantage.

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        BRICS is making headway with that.

        The US empire is already in decline. What it’s allies need to work out is when to jump ship

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          BRICS has the downside of including Russia.

          It might not seem that way, but Russia is actually the shittiest of USA’s minions. Its “independent” actions like war with Ukraine are no more independent in fact than those of Saudis.

          It’s definitely aligned with the stinkier part of USA’s elites, but somehow had good enough relationship with all of them.

          Maybe reforming UN as a candidate for some actual world confederation would be a better idea.