The International Criminal Court was set up to take on rogue regimes and dictators, and the United States "will not let them take on all the young men and women who served America," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday about the court's decision to reopen a closed war-crimes probe against the U.S. military for alleged torture of Afghanistan detainees.
"We have lots of young men and women who served in Afghanistan not only our military but intelligence warriors and diplomats who served there," Pompeo told Fox News' "Fox and Friends." "Now you have this crazy renegade body sitting in The Hague Netherlands who wants to come after them for actions that the American people wanted them to undertake."
And with the court moving off its jurisdiction, the United States will "hold our own accountability," said Pompeo."The American people should have confidence in President (Donald) Trump about this."
The court, he added, is "really a political body" and "we are not going to let them take on Americans."
Meanwhile, Pompeo said that violence is "significantly down" in Afghanistan following the signing of the peace deal with the Taliban, but at the same time, "we are not naive."
"We all know who the Taliban are and what they have done to America," Pompeo said. "It is time to seize this opportunity."
He noted that Trump gave him two missions, to reduce costs while bringing soldiers home, and to make sure the United States is never attacked by terrorists attacking out of Afghanistan, and both missions are being met.
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