ICC offers promise--without the United States.

The HumanistVol. 63 Nbr. 6, November 2003

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UN International Criminal Court

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ICC offers promise--without the United States.

On September 7, 2003, President George W. Bush issued an address calling for United Nations troops and financial assistance for rebuilding Iraq. He stated, "Members of the United Nations now have an opportunity, and the responsibility, to assume a broader role in assuring that Iraq becomes a free and democratic nation." Yet the Bush administration, in attacking Iraq without UN support and removing itself from the UN's International Criminal Court (ICC), can hardly expect the UN to now accept "responsibility"--let alone give support--to its foreign policy decisions.

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