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From the moment the Bush Administration rejected participation in the International Criminal Court, the die was cast that the US was headed down this sorry course. Many of us wondered at the time why they would choose such and aberrant, in-your-face, gesture, but now it's abundantly clear that long before 9/11, the administration intended to arrogantly thumb its nose at long-standing traditions of human rights and lawful conduct.
Fortunately for them, they have been aided, extravagantly, by a supine media that believes, as they do, that if WE do it, it's, well, different.
One must wonder whether any of these cretins, from Condi Rice to the beltway blatherers, even see the black humor in their pious condemnations of those whose behavior simply mirrors their own, and even notice that the world's dictators snicker while the Washington Post somehow keeps a straight face.
It would be comical if it weren't so sad.
