On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, J. van Baardwijk wrote:

> >The United States has been the only vocal opponent of the permanent court,
> >fearing its citizens would be subject to frivolous or politically motivated
> >prosecutions. Washington has campaigned unsuccessfully to exempt U.S.
> >soldiers and officials from the court.
>
> When is the US going to realise that it is only isolating itself further
> from the rest of the world? Every time the US walks out of a convention or
> tries to be treated as a special case, it isolates itself a bit more from
> the rest of the world. What does the US hope to accomplish by alienating
> itself from the rest?

I agree.  The US should be involved in this to the hilt, not shying away.

Marvin Long
Austin, Texas

Reply via email to