exactly right, part one

Conor Friedersdorf on an inherent contradiction in Andy McCarthy's recent complaint about the ICC:

Though I can understand why [the ICC's claim to jurisdiction over American actions in Afghanistan] would trouble Mr. McCarthy, who presumably wants powerful international actors to be legitimate and accountable to the populations subject to its coercive power, it is difficult to square with his simultaneous belief that the United States has "jurisdiction" to snatch up anyone in any country on earth, fly them to Gitmo, present no evidence that they are guilty of anything, and hold them until the threat of international terrorism is gone, which is to say, forever.

[Apologies for quoting almost the entire post, but it's a short one]