These stupid threats just encourage Putin to dig in. Why would he want to end up like Saddam Hussein. (and what good did his trial do) Good arguments can be made that Bush jr., Obama and Biden are all war criminals. (Biden in particular for drone killing roughly 12 innocent people just to show how tough he was after the disastrous Afghanistan exit.) The Ukrainians have proved they are good fighters. Best outcome is for Ukraine and Russia to have a mutual face saving solution that stops the fighting.
The US has even refused to become a member of the International Criminal Court. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_the_International_Criminal_Court. Biden administration has explicitly stated that it doesn't support the International Criminal Court to try war crimes allegations. "Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued a statement maintaining the country's "longstanding objection to the Court’s efforts to assert jurisdiction over personnel of non-States Parties such as the United States and Israel"; [See wiki]
Preventing WWIII is a much more important goal than mostly virtue signalling that it is a policy goal of the US to try Putin, who is in possession of a very potent nuclear arsenal. Why paint him into a corner, with the nuclear weapons at his disposal. Also, why not go after Xi or any number of other brutal leaders.
The US has even refused to become a member of the International Criminal Court. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_the_International_Criminal_Court. Biden administration has explicitly stated that it doesn't support the International Criminal Court to try war crimes allegations. "Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued a statement maintaining the country's "longstanding objection to the Court’s efforts to assert jurisdiction over personnel of non-States Parties such as the United States and Israel"; [See wiki]
Preventing WWIII is a much more important goal than mostly virtue signalling that it is a policy goal of the US to try Putin, who is in possession of a very potent nuclear arsenal. Why paint him into a corner, with the nuclear weapons at his disposal. Also, why not go after Xi or any number of other brutal leaders.
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