The US military is allegedly refusing to give the International Criminal Court evidence of Putin forces war crimes.

That action is discreditable in itself, but the motive is even more discreditable: to protect US soldiers accused of war crimes from someday being prosecuted by the ICC.

The right way for a country to prevent its soldiers from being prosecuted by the ICC is for the national government to prosecute those war crimes. The ICC exists as a backup method for cases where countries fail to prosecute their own war criminals.

The US supports the right side of this conflict, but it supports the wrong side in others, including the war in Yemen.