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AloeVera

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31. Ask African nations how real it is. They are held strictly accountable.

Reply to Munu (Reply #10)

Fri Jan 9, 2026, 07:42 AM

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Unlike the West and major powers who won't even sign onto the ICC.

You might conclude from that there is unequal justice. To be really cynical, you might even conclude that even international law serves as a tool of imperial control.

After Gaza, surely the "fiction" is laid bare for all to see.

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