I’d disagree with this bit.
The biggest flaw in the system is that we rely upon a population to enforce standards at the ballot box.
And if there is no ballot box as such, what do the population do then?
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To be fair there isn’t really a system - humans do human things that suits their immediate needs.
Nation states are similar & it’s more about competing self interests.
To paraphrase a rule of acquisition
“Ethics in a an empty sack is worth the sack”
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There’s a number of different reasons all described above.
But remember that the US does have an act that permits the President of the USA to order the invasion of The Hague should an American citizen be held by the ICC.
Worth looking at their comments in this context.
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It’s a little wider than that
The Act gives the president power to use "all means necessary and appropriate to bring about the release of any U.S. or allied personnel being detained or imprisoned by, on behalf of, or at the request of the International Criminal Court”
Would the prime minister of Israel count as as “allied personnel”?
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No it’s not. Being anti the current Israeli government isn’t anti Semitic however hard people try to twist the definition. (And that’s coming from someone who genuinely believes Israel has a right to exist as a state)
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Well, we may as well have this conflict at the top of the forum feed too.
Anyone else see that, yesterday, a high-ranking official has now claimed that the latest Israeli offensive is designed to eliminate Gaza as an entity, with some talk now going on (again) about a temporary US administration in the region?
That LT interview with the settlement manager was harrowing.
“Never again” means “never again for anyone”.