>>The administration contends that the court could expose U.S. soldiers and officials abroad to politically motivated “war crimes” prosecutions.
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>Ah, I see. Now I wonder, whether this is the real reason, or only an excuse for something else.

Anyway, this has no sense at all. It is as if someone opposes to the theft prosecution just because it can be used with political motives. Laws and courts has *always* being used with some political intention.

The fact that this is a global court is specifically intended to trying to isolate the judgments from any particular local or regional power. Of course it is not full-proof, but it's better than leaving such acts against humankind as a whole to a justice court that can be somehow related to the people who is being prosecuted (in their favor or too much against them).