How’s that going ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members'_Prot...
The USA isn't a party to the Rome Statute, and above and beyond that, reactively passed domestic legislation to thwart any attempt to prosecute crimes committed by its military, including in countries that are party to the Rome Statute -- more than 20 years ago. This is not a recent phenomenon.
You know what else is more than 20 years ago? Americans committing war crimes in other countries:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisone...
Remember?
The USA, as a country, doesn't want to be held to account by other countries. As it outspends all the other militaries on the planet, it continues to get away with its crimes.
For example, if you were to accidentally sever a cable car cable through your negligence, killing 20 people... that's manslaughter, and you'd face a lengthy prison sentence.
Actual sentence when US military personnel do it: nothing. Whisked safely back to the US and ultimately just dismissed from service. No prison.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Cavalese_cable_car_crash
US military personnel tortured Iraqis, physically abused them, raped them, sexually humiliated them, killed them and desecrated their bodies. Punishment: whisked to safety in the US, though at least some perpetrators saw US prison time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisone...
The US military illegally abducts people and breaks the laws and protections afforded to citizens in other countries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_rendition
...including completely innocent people who the US doesn't even want, they just fuck up and abduct the wrong person by mistake, and take years to accept they fucked up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_El-Masri
Let's not forget the US military child rapists in Okinawa (though at least in these cases, the Japanese actually got to enact justice on the guilty parties and they served prison sentences in Japan)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Okinawa_rape_incident
https://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/show/57562
> On September 4, 1995, three U.S. servicemen - who were stationed at Camp Hansen on Okinawa - rented a van and kidnapped a 12-year-old local girl. They drove her to a secluded beach, and raped her. The three servicemen were convicted for the crime in a Japanese court and served their sentences in Japan. This incident led to mass protests and increased debate over the continued presence of U.S. forces in Japan, especially on the island of Okinawa. While the three US servicemen were awaiting trial, they were held in pretrial confinement on the U.S. military base as part of the status of forces agreement (SOFA). The fact that they were not being held in the local jail particularly angered many Okinawan citizens who saw this treatment as unfair
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21583785
> Two US sailors have pleaded guilty to the rape of a Japanese woman in Okinawa [...] The incident, in October 2012, exacerbated resentment over the US military presence on the island.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpwwdyye4vgo
> A US soldier has been charged with the kidnapping and rape of a teenage girl in Okinawa, [...] The latest allegation also involves a minor, who is younger than 16, the age of consent in Japan.
And fuck it, even the wife of a spy who drives on the wrong side of the road and kills a man -- whisk her to safety, no punishment. If there were any justice in this world, she'd be in a UK prison for causing death by dangerous driving.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Harry_Dunn
The US military gets away with these crimes because other countries aren't strong enough to punish it and hold it to account. I hope, one day, they are.
when the ICC has never been able to do anything meaningful to any American administration.
Whenever the ICC has moved close to scrutinizing the U.S. or its close allies, Washington has retaliated with severe consequences.
This isn’t a new phenomenon limited to the Trump administration.