The U.S. doe not recognize the authority or jurisdiction of the Hague Court. In fact, the President is authorized by law to use military force to free any American detained by the Court.

Moreover, the U.S. has treaties with scores of nations that promise not to turn any American over to the Court.

As for the school, NATO policy is to minimize civilian casualties, and international law prohibits the targeting of schools, hospitals, etc. But there is one significant exception. Such places become legitimate targets *under international law* if they are used to conceal weapons, troops, command centers, or they commit any act harmful to the enemy. If such an attack is imminent, however, warning must be given.

The destruction of the school was almost certainly the tragic result of equipment malfunction or of a targeting error.

To be totally cynical, why waste a multi-million-dollar missile on a target whose destruction could only result in massive ant-U.S. propaganda worldwide, and notably in Iran itself?

IMO, the disaster must have been the result of a targeting error (which seems to have been the case) or an equipment failure.