Rubio threatens to dismantle the ICC “brick by brick” if U.S. allies fail to rein it in. Remember the 1930s: international orders collapse not only through aggression, but when the use of force becomes normalized and the world remains silent. Europe! Does standing by an alliance mean defending international law and the post-WWII normative & institutional framework - or standing with the U.S. as it dismantles them? If law & justice are sacrificed to appease an aggressive ally, any talk of human rights and a rules-based international order becomes nothing more than empty rhetoric.    Rubio threatens to dismantle the ICC “brick by brick” if U.S. allies fail to rein it in. Remember the 1930s: international orders collapse not only through aggression, but when the use of force becomes normalized and the world remains silent. Europe! Does standing by an alliance mean defending international law and the post-WWII normative & institutional framework - or standing with the U.S. as it dismantles them? If law & justice are sacrificed to appease an aggressive ally, any talk of human rights and a rules-based international order becomes nothing more than empty rhetoric.— Esmaeil Baqaei (@IRIMFA_SPOX) October 10, 2026