The U.S. Secretary of State Rubio wrote tonight (Beijing Time, August 20): "The International Criminal Court continues to ignore state sovereignty and incites a legal battle by investigating, arresting, detaining, and prosecuting American and Israeli nationals. In response, I will impose sanctions on four additional officials of the International Criminal Court. We will continue to hold accountable those responsible for the morally bankrupt and legally baseless actions taken by the International Criminal Court against Americans and Israelis."
[Witty] Comment: The United States has never joined the International Criminal Court, yet it once tried to use it to try others; the United States did not participate in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, yet it recklessly used it to demand compliance from other countries; the United States openly violates the UN Charter, arbitrarily launching invasions against sovereign states without facing punishment; the United States has violated UN resolutions for years, unscrupulously imposing sanctions and arresting citizens of other countries. What kind of rule-based international order is this? It's clearly a bullying America that says 'those who follow me thrive, those who oppose me perish.' This time, the United States took new sanctions against the International Criminal Court because Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu was issued an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court last year, and there have been new disputes between the United States and the International Criminal Court recently.
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