[FirmwareBurner]

So if US chooses to "holocaust" a minority or ethnic group, or to invade and bomb innocent countries into oblivion, the rest of the world should just be OK with it because it's what the US citizens chose?

The ICC has its roots from the trials of Nazi criminals. The US government and its military has often performed similar unspeakable and inhumane acts abroad (see the war on terror leaks and scandals) without any repercussions due to legislature form George Bush saying the US will invade the Hague if its military personnel are ever trialed for war crimes.

So if one country sees itself above the law, what do you think that does to the other countries?

[JumpCrisscross]

> ICC has its roots from the trials of Nazi criminals

You’re mixing up the ICC and ICJ.

The ICC was formed in 2002 [1]. The U.S. is not a treaty party to its founding document, the Rome Statute. The ICJ was founded because of the Nazis; it has jurisdiction over America [2].

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Court

[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Court_of_Justi...

[carlosjobim]

The rest of the world can do nothing about it. See: Soviet Union, China.

There's biting hypothetical about it.

[FirmwareBurner]

>The rest of the world can do nothing about it. See: Soviet Union, China.

Of course it can. During the cold war, most US aligned countries had massive trade restrictions with the USSR. The fix is easy on paper: reduce trade with countries that break the rules. Of course, that's easier said than done, but it is doable and effective.

Imagine what can be achieved if Europe, Canada, UK, AUNZ, Korea, Japan, BRICS, would collectively put restrictions on the US whoever the US decides to fling its dick around the world stage. The problem is getting countries to cooperate so it's never gonna happen. Would make a cool novel though.

[carlosjobim]

Doable and effective? It didn't stop the systemized murder and enslavement of millions in the USSR nor China.

[mslansn]

> So if US chooses to "holocaust" a minority or ethnic group, or to invade and bomb innocent countries into oblivion, the rest of the world should just be OK with it because it's what the US citizens chose?

That’s not what I said. But yes, the opposite of “might is right” is an aberration. The only reason Nuremberg occurred is because it was for the Jews. This is the opposite case.

[JumpCrisscross]

> The only reason Nuremberg occurred is because it was for the Jews

This is entirely ahistoric.