Source: Eunomia
by Daniel Larison
“One of the problems that the [International Criminal] Court has had since its inception is that Western and Western-backed governments always seem to get a pass when they commit war crimes. Many critics did complain about hypocrisy and selective prosecution in the past because for many years it seemed as if the ICC only went after African leaders. That started to change when the ICC issued a warrant for Putin’s arrest last year. The [Washington] Post was singing a very different tune then, saying that the Court had taken an ‘important step’ when it did that. … The Post had no objection to the ICC going after a war criminal leader that they oppose. … The ICC did not put Netanyahu and Gallant in the same category as dictators and authoritarians. They did that themselves with their brutal and atrocious policies.” (11/25/24)
https://daniellarison.substack.com/p/who-takes-international-law-seriously