The U.S. committed war crimes, you say? Well, nobody's perfect!
of a virtual conversation she had with Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken about the U.S. opposition to the International Criminal Court. Specifically, Rep. Omar pointed out that there is no evidence that U.S. domestic courts have the capacity to prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity, and asked Sec. Blinken what alternative option he would suggest we provide for victims of atrocities who are searching for justice.
But of course, instead of addressing Blinken’s inability to answer that simple and direct question about providing justice to victims of human rights violations, her fellow Democratic politicians took issue with the language in Omar’s tweet, which included the U.S. and Israel in the list of countries or entities that have committed “unthinkable atrocities” against humanity. Apparently, it’s impolite to identify theSo late on Wednesday evening, a dozen Jewish House Democratsin response to Rep.
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