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dware

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13. No, Pissolini had nothing to do with the US not being a signatory to the ICC,

Reply to global1 (Reply #12)

Thu Dec 17, 2020, 08:52 AM

Dec 2020

it would have put US Military at risk of being tried by the ICC, and no US president is going to allow that.

In order for the US to become a member of the ICC, it would have to pass with 2/3rds approval of the Senate, and I'm pretty sure it would not reach that threshold in the Senate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_the_International_Criminal_Court

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