war crimes by our friends and not just our enemies? the united states has worked work tirelessly to promote accountability and to document cases of abuse all across the world. there s a number of situations in the international criminal court that we have been very supportive of, including by conveying fugitives, for example, to the hague so they can stand trial. so the standards apply to all parties. and we are looking at all conflicts around the world with an eye towards bringing the parties better into compliance with international law. but with respect about you didn t address the yemen war example. back in 2016, reuters reported that despite internal discussion among u.s. government lawyers, that the united states could be implicated in war crimes for supporting a saudi led air campaign in yemen. the obama administration went ahead with a $1 billion arms sale. wouldn t we have more credibility if we called out war crimes by our own allies, instead of selling them weapons? th
his associates travel, who are complicit or otherwise involved in these abuses, if lower-level soldiers eventually want to go on vacation or otherwise travel, they will be amenable to war crimes jurisdiction. there is no statute of limitations for war crimes. ambassador, it is good to see the u.s. government calling out war crimes in ukraine and assisting in the documenting of those war crimes, but i do wonder and i m sure many others wonder, too where is that same kind of commitment went it comes to other conflicts, for example, the war in yemen, where multiple atrocities have been documented by both sides, but many of those have been documented by saudi arabia. wouldn t we have more credibility if we condemned actions by our friends, not just our enemies. the united states has worked tirelessly to document cases of abuse all across the world. there s a number of situations in the international criminal court that we have been very supportive of, including by conveying fugitiv