Should the United States should join the International Criminal Court?

Humanities

Should the United States should join the International Criminal Court? Would U.S. membership help promote international justice or would it expose American officials and service-people to politically motivated harassment? If you support American membership, explain why in the U.S. In the ICC thread; if you oppose U.S. membership, explain why in the U.S. Out of the ICC thread. Defend your position with either logical arguments or contemporary or historical facts.

I expect the writing assignment to have:

(1) A clear introduction that addresses directly the question posed by the instructor;

(2) A body of factual examples that support your thesis; these examples may be drawn from either the assigned readings or footnoted sources researched independently by the student; Wikipedia is not an appropriate source for academic essays;

(3) A coherent paragraph structure that highlights your main points; and

(4) Appropriate citations for materials drawn from the works of others; plagiarized threads will be penalized.

the Discussion posting should be approximately 400-600 words in length. Long, rambling, unfocused messages discourage readership and suggest fuzzy thinking. It is more difficult to express ideas in short essays than in long ones.