Status check-- the Middle East

[El Blanco]

That and it gives any tin pot dictator the ability to stop the US government dead in its tracks. They just go there with charges against us, and now the president and congress etc have to give depositions and confer with lawyers.

Remember the Lewinksi bullshit? Now make that 100x bigger.

Also, most of the countries signed onto the IC under the condition that their respective courts hold precedent over the IC. That means an Australian court can over turn an IC ruling pertaining to an Australian citizen. So, the IC will have no real teeth.