The US has been making sounds about punishing through the International Criminal Court (ICC) all those who commit atrocities in Libya, voting for a Security Council resolution on te matter. But it turn out, as reported by the Telegraph, that the US moved to exclude a large proportion of those reportedly committing war crimes, the mercenaries imported from other countries.
The US insisted that the Security Council referral to the ICC exclude anyone not from Libya, who would be subject only to punishment by their own countries. The US administration was terrified that the Security Council action could set a precedent that would apply to US agents. They did this apparently to protect US war criminals who commit their crimes in countries subject to the ICC would have impunity.
Thus, once again, protection of US war criminals is of higher priority than are Libyan civilians being massacred in their hundreds or thousands.
