It was my understanding that they were referring to while inside the U.S., not inside a country which has ratified the treaty which of course would fall under that category. The current administration has already stipulated that it will not send U.S. troops inside any country which has ratified the treaty, so unless that changes, no U.S. troop will fall under the treaty. No accounting for civilians though - they go wherever they want to.


>>The U.S. has not ratified the treaty creating the court and does not intend to, so in essence, Chris is correct.
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>Chris is still incorrect. Regardless of a nation willingness to particpate in the war crimes court, its citizen can still be tried.
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>"Note, however, that a citizen of one of the 'objector nations' could still find himself before the Court if he were to travel to a country which is a signatory to the treaty, regardless of the fact that their country of origin is not a signatory."
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crime#International_Criminal_Court