These thugs are just manipulating the system, trying to undermine the ICC. If larger world powers, like the USA, would step up to the plate, the ICC could gain the power, respect, and legitimacy that it needs to bring justice to the world stage. Washington, though, is no better than Khartoum in this regard. Instead of pushing for international prosecution of war criminals such as the Sudanese intelligence chief Salah Gosh, who bears significant responsibility for the violence in Darfur, the U.S. has protected him from UN sanctions. Washington is using the public displays of deep concern for Darfur to mask the private relationships that the U.S. has nurtured with some of the worst criminals in the Sudanese regime as part of the supposed “War on Terror.”

There’s a ton of info on this topic in this book that I’ve been reading. It’s called Scramble for Africa: Darfur-Intervention and the USA, by Kevin Funk and Steven Fake. Definitely try to read it if you’ve got a chance.

-Steve
http://www.principleddarfuraction.org/