Romney told America that he wanted the president of Iran (who truly is a powerless person), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to be arrested by the International Criminal Court on the grounds of inciting genocide.
As Greg notes, this is the same court Republicans have been blasting for over a decade as being wimpy and a mechanism for the United States to lose sovereignty. "Yet now Romney appears to be embracing it — or the “World Court,” anyway. And Moderate Mitt’s Makeover continues apace, this time in the realm of foreign policy, as Romney now plays footsie with dreaded liberal internationalism."
Remember it's only anti-American when Democrats do it.
*Update:
Romney Camp doubles down on new found love for World Court. Top Romney adviser, Eric Fehrnstrom:
“I think it would remove probably one of the most anti-Jewish, anti-Israel, pro-genocide members of that regime in Tehran. I’m hoping that he would be indicted and that action would unfold following that indictment. Absolutely.”If the president had said that instead of waging Glorious War on the evil islamofascist Ahmadinejad that we should instead push for a world tribunal to adjudicate him, I don't think Republicans would be so ecstatic. Nope, such a recommendation by Obama would have only meant that he hates America, is soft on terrorism, wants the fate of Israel in the hands of a world body that hates it and wants to turn our sovereignty over to international courts. But when tough guy Republican Mitt Romney says the World Court needs to try the leader of Iran it's a Very Serious proposal only demonstrating his Tough Leadership abilities that will guide us through this dangerous world.
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