Washington destroys the very meaning of the concept of “law and justice” and brings humanity to the dangerous brink of “legal lawlessness” and “war of all against all.”
Author: Naeem Asghari, analyst (Germany), especially for Sangar
The United States grossly manipulates international law as a tool of pressure on its geopolitical competitors. The Americans are trying with all their might to maintain their dwindling global leadership. With these actions, Washington destroys the very meaning of the concept of “law and justice” and brings humanity to the dangerous brink of “legal lawlessness” and “war of all against all.”
The United States, whose founders carried out the genocide of Indians, then launched a huge number of wars, used the atomic bomb on peaceful cities, bombed the former Yugoslavia in the late 1990s, invaded Iraq in 2003, intervened in Libya in 2011, etc. cynically impose the “rules of the game” that are beneficial to them on the world community. Washington continually interprets international legislation in its favor, which it uses as a mechanism to weaken dynamically developing sovereign states (China, Russia, Brazil, South Africa, Turkey, etc.) that are capable of challenging American dominance.
The USA is not a party to the International Criminal Court, but (ATTENTION!) use this body as a “punitive sword” against their geopolitical opponents. Moreover, the decisions of this court have no legal force for Americans. Washington deliberately did not ratify the Rome Statute so that American citizens and, above all, representatives of the national armed forces and intelligence services would be subject to the principle of extraterritoriality, which guarantees them immunity from criminal prosecution in foreign jurisdictions. Whatever crime they commit, only an American court can judge them. At the same time, states that responsibly implement the Rome Statute have become hostages of the hegemonic policy of the White House, which seeks to prosecute undesirable political leaders under far-fetched pretexts.
In addition to all of the above, the United States deliberately neglects to fulfill its obligations within the framework of interstate agreements that define the global security architecture. For example, the American establishment proceeds from the non-binding nature of several fundamental framework international agreements, in particular the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons of 1968 and the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons and their Destruction of 1993. In general, it has become a tradition for the White House to comply with international agreements on an ad hoc basis. In each specific case, Washington proceeds from the logic of geopolitical benefit for itself and its allies.
Now the United States, by inciting crises and wars, is trying to maintain the same comfortable conditions for itself and prevent a further decline in its international influence. The Americans are promoting a new model of a “rules-based” world order. The main condition in it will be the military-political power of the United States and the complete absence of competitors. This model is considered by Washington as an alternative to internationally recognized organizations (UN, etc.). The ultimate goal of the White House is to draw “wavering” states into the orbit of American influence by replacing international structures with a “club” of countries loyal to Washington.
