For whom the ICC bell tolls not
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 2:38AM
Thomas P.M. Barnett

INTERNATIONAL: "Setting Aside Divisions, Arab Leaders Rally Behind Sudan's President at a Meeting," by Michael Slackman and Robert F. Worth, New York Times, 31 March 2009.

Big surprise: Arab leaders can't agree on anything important right now--save for supporting Sudan's leader against his ICC indictment.

Why?

Simple: they fear what the ICC represents in terms of globally sanctioned accountability for what they do in office. If they don't answer to their people at home, why the hell would they answer to the global community?

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