How do you reconcile that position with the need for an international mechanism to hold perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity accountable? Well, here's how I reconcile it. We're not members of the ICC. We never signed that treaty. We never joined it. And they somehow claim that they have a right nonetheless to go after non treaty members and put heads of state and others in jail. (18:51–18:55)
CLAIM
Asserts that the U.S. is not a member of the International Criminal Court and never signed the treaty.
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