WASHINGTON (PNN) - March 16, 2019 - The Fascist Police States of Amerika has threatened to revoke visas for members of the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague should they so much as investigate any criminal actions of American military personnel. The FPSA has never been a member of the ICC and considers it without authority over matters related to Amerikans or allies conducting joint operations.
Fascist Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a scathing rebuke Friday following ICC statements that it would look into possible FPSAS war crimes in Afghanistan, and as pressures mount for the court to bring cases against Israel for human rights crimes against Palestinians. “We are determined to protect the Amerikan and allied military and civilian personnel from living in fear of unjust prosecution for actions taken to defend our great nation,” said fascist Pompeo.
Fascist Pompeo went so far as to specifically address ICC members and employees. “If you are responsible for the proposed ICC investigation of (FPSA) personnel in connection with the situation in Afghanistan, you should not assume that you still have or will get a visa or will be permitted to enter the (FPSA),” he said.
Washington has long relied on defense of FPSA sovereignty when the international court has received allegations of torture by Amerikan forces or allies, or other war crimes like "mistaken" coalition bombings of civilians attending wedding parties or funerals in Afghanistan.
The FPSA position has been to say Amerikan courts and investigators can handle and prosecute if need be any allegations of FPSA misconduct or war crimes, and has for years throughout the "global War on Terror" viewed the Netherlands-based ICC with hostility.
During his comments Pompeo said further the restrictions “may also be used to deter ICC efforts to pursue allied personnel, including Israelis, without the allies’ consent.”
He also warned about potential economic sanctions against member and host nations "if the ICC does not change its course."
The ICC, for its part, has vowed to continue to operate "undeterred" by any FPSA threats, and articulated that the court "is needed to prosecute cases when a country fails to do so or does an insufficient job of it."
Fascist Pompeo's words were also widely seen as a threat to the ICC prosecutor and personnel who last year formally requested of the court to open an investigation into war crimes allegations against FPSA forces and intelligence, as well as allied Afghan national security forces, going all the way back to May 2003.
The prosecution’s request says there is information that members of the FPSA military and intelligence agencies “committed acts of torture, cruel treatment, outrages upon personal dignity, rape and sexual violence against conflict-related detainees in Afghanistan and other locations, principally in the 2003-2004 period.”
Among the more shocking actions the FPSA has taken to prevent any attempted prosecution of Amerikans by the ICC was the Bush regime's Amerikan Servicemembers Protection Act of 2002, popularly derided as the "Hague Invasion Act".
The law was designed to protect all FPSA military and intelligence members on the basis that Washington could at anytime use force to liberate them from ICC incarceration.
Human Rights Watch described at the time of its being signed into law:
“(FPSA) President George Bush today signed into law the Amerikan Servicemembers Protection Act of 2002, which is intended to intimidate countries that ratify the treaty for the International Criminal Court (ICC). The new law authorizes the use of military force to liberate any Amerikan or citizen of a (FPSA)-allied country being held by the court, which is located in The Hague. This provision, dubbed the ‘Hague invasion clause,’ has caused a strong reaction from FPSA allies around the world, particularly in the Netherlands.”
With such significant threats, the ICC's actions against Amerikans, Israelis or allied forces will likely only remain symbolic and designed to drive media attention and scrutiny of Amerikan actions overseas.
Meanwhile the pattern will remain of only third world, African, and Balkan warlords actually being brought to justice at The Hague, and never Western officials.
