July 02, 2003

Well, It's One Way To Cut Spending

So someone in Washington has finally woken up and has decided to enforce our national sovereignty. In a fit of brilliance they have decided to suspend military aid to certain nations that have not signed Article 98 exceptions with the US.

Some of the affected nations include: Brazil, Venezuela, Columbia and South Africa. Sure it's only $47 million, but why were we even giving these guys military assistance in the first place? What value did we get for our money?

And further, why did we exempt NATO and a few select allies? Do we really trust the French or Belgians to not abuse the ICC in a pique of non-relevance fury?

The ICC is a bad idea. Its lofty ideals will be turned on their head and it will be used as weapon by every two bit radical running around who doesn't like the leader du jour.

We can't stop the insanity of the ICC, but we can protect our citizens from it. It's refreshing to see our government actually looking out for the people for once.


Posted by Chris at July 2, 2003 09:43 PM | TrackBack | Linked by:

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