Is the U.S. Warming to the ICC?

The NYT notes that Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and the Defense Department are considering plans to resume military aid to certain Latin American countries that had defied U.S. demands that it exempt U.S. soldiers from the ICC’s jurisdiction. Along with the U.S. agreement to refer Sudan to the ICC, this latest move suggests that the U.S. is adopting a policy of “peaceful co-existence” with the ICC. Of course, realists might point out that the U.S. has simply decided that it needs Latin American and other allies more than those countries need U.S. military aid. Either way, this might constitute an important trend to keep an eye on.