On: Netherlands bracing for potentially devastating US sanctions against the ICC

[wolvoleo]

Agreed mostly but there's some exceptions. Like the first gulf war, America did come to the aid of Kuwait as it was attacked by Iraq.

Of course this was motivated by oil interests and not human rights but I can't call them the 'bad guys' here.

[orwin → wolvoleo]

The first gulf war, the one that happened 4 years after the US government sold Iraq war helicopters very cheaply, and help them improve their chemical weapons to use against Iran. Two years after it gave Iraq targets for their brand new cyclosarin weapons, as well as political support to prevent Iraq from loosing.

[za3faran → wolvoleo]

The US saw the opportunity to entrench itself by putting bases in the Gulf states.

[pbiggar → wolvoleo]

That one had a UN mandate.