Doug, what I am saying is that the USA is morally bound to pay attention to world courts...just as Mussolini was morally bound to listen to the League of Nations when he was condemned for invading Ethiopia. He did not listen. The USA doesn't listen either. And for the same reason. When you're exceedingly arrogant and sure of your own strength you don't listen to anyone, you just do whatever you want to. Same goes for Israel. Or China. They do whatever they want to do, regardless of what the world says about it.

This is typical of all aggressive empires, not just the USA, so I am not surprised by it.

Yes, hell will freeze over before the USA shows respect to anyone else's judgement but its own...and again, I am not surprised. It's exactly what I would expect.