On the other hand, the United States reserves the right to pre-emptive, anticipatory strikes if it feels its interests are threatened, and it "will not hesitate to act alone. … We will take the actions necessary to ensure … Americans are not impaired by the potential for investigations, inquiry, or prosecution by the International Criminal Court (ICC), whose jurisdiction does not extend to Americans and which we do not accept.
There you have it - a prime example of speaking out of both sides of one's mouth. The United States exalts the idea of international cooperation and respect, yet vows to act unilaterally and simultaneously deems itself irreproachable, above and beyond the ICC and judgment of its international partners.
Then there is the idea of the U.S. establishing "new partnerships with former adversaries." This reflects one very troubling, flawed, schizoid foreign policy where we suddenly make allies of former enemies and mortal enemies of former allies. Both Saddam and Osama were once our trusted and supported friends, as long as they were serving U.S. interests, that is. Killing and murder are good only when they benefit the designs of the United States.
Interestingly enough, in this document, rogue states are defined as "[sharing] a number of attributes," namely, they "squander their national resources for the personal gain of the rulers; display no regard for international law, threaten their neighbors, and callously violate international treaties to which they are party; are determined to acquire weapons of mass destruction, along with other advanced military technology, to be used as threats or offensively to achieve the aggressive designs of these regimes; sponsor terrorism around the globe; reject basic human values..."
There you have it - a prime example of speaking out of both sides of one's mouth. The United States exalts the idea of international cooperation and respect, yet vows to act unilaterally and simultaneously deems itself irreproachable, above and beyond the ICC and judgment of its international partners.
Then there is the idea of the U.S. establishing "new partnerships with former adversaries." This reflects one very troubling, flawed, schizoid foreign policy where we suddenly make allies of former enemies and mortal enemies of former allies. Both Saddam and Osama were once our trusted and supported friends, as long as they were serving U.S. interests, that is. Killing and murder are good only when they benefit the designs of the United States.
Interestingly enough, in this document, rogue states are defined as "[sharing] a number of attributes," namely, they "squander their national resources for the personal gain of the rulers; display no regard for international law, threaten their neighbors, and callously violate international treaties to which they are party; are determined to acquire weapons of mass destruction, along with other advanced military technology, to be used as threats or offensively to achieve the aggressive designs of these regimes; sponsor terrorism around the globe; reject basic human values..."