>The administration contends that the court could expose U.S. soldiers and officials abroad to politically motivated “war crimes” prosecutions.
Ah, I see. Now I wonder, whether this is the real reason, or only an excuse for something else.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)