Reply #19: The ICC has no jurisdiction over the United States.

[emcguffie]

The only way it could have would be for the UN Security Council to refer the "situation" to the Court. Since the US is a P5 member of the Council and has a veto, forget about it. The US can veto any suggestion that the ICC investigate anything having to do with the USA. At any time.

Or-- there may be some fairly complicated scenario that I don't recall, but since Iraq isn't a party either, it doesn't count. I don't know about Afghanistan. Unless.....

Unless Mr. Bolton were to fall asleep and miss a meeting of the Security Council. This has happened once -- only once, and never with the USA. I forget which veto-holding country missed a meeting,it was either China or the USSR, and it wasn't because they fell asleep, it was deliberate, but it was a very dumb thing for them to do.