Sen. Cruz: International Criminal Court's Campaign Against U.S. Troops Will Fail
March 06, 2020
March 06, 2020
WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following statement on March 5 after the U.N. International Criminal Court authorized an investigation into U.S. forces in Afghanistan:
"Today's announcement by the International Criminal Court is an explicit assault on the sovereignty and security of the United States, which is not a party to the ICC and over which the ICC has no jurisdiction. It marks the end of the pretense that the ICC is a legitimate legal body boun . . .
"Today's announcement by the International Criminal Court is an explicit assault on the sovereignty and security of the United States, which is not a party to the ICC and over which the ICC has no jurisdiction. It marks the end of the pretense that the ICC is a legitimate legal body boun . . .