OBAMA REVERSE BUSH'S REVULSION TOWARDS THE ICC ?

Guwahati,7 Nov.2008
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Can Obama reverse Bush decision,that reversed Clinton decision in signing the ICC-Rome statute,1998 which anticipated the USA to get along with American allies in enlarged EU and the rest of the world ,in terminating impunity for commission of heinous crimes? Obama could re-think and enjoin the multilateral international justicing system like any other responsible nation elsewhere.
First,Obama stands for war crimes tribunal.If he could step ahead the ICC is nearer home.
Second,Obama has pledged to bring president Omar al-Bashir to justice for his commission of war crimes and in Sudan.He is not encouraging evasion of accountability.He may or may not advance one step ahead, depending on his world view and re-examination of American unilateralism.
Generally, he wants international cooperation,yet he may caveat like Bush to save American criminals all over the world,under the cover of Hague Invasion Act and the like.
Third, his dependence on ex Prez Bill Clinton on certain foreign affairs matters could revive a Clinton on the ICC subject.Besides, 70% of American people like their government to sign the ICC and make the USA a respectable country- not a rogue state to be feared and hated.He has a chance to play his cards on the ICC.
Fourth,Obama's foreign policy advisor Mark Lippert stated the US priority over Iran,non-proliferation and Afghanistan ,thereby pushing down the ICC in the lower priority slot,yet ICC has not been brushed aside.Priorities could change after next January swearing-in ceremony.
Restoration of the damaged American prestige would naturally include the ICC agenda.Obama has a chance to re-prioritize the ICC and reverse the harsh stance of Bush,who makes a wrong case on the inflated and misconceived ' political motivated prosecution' of American criminals at home or in the rest of the world.
Bush has misconceived that his fellow Americans are the most hated people in the planet, and hence, his behavioual revulsion towards the ICC .The next Barack Obama card could be green.