Question: Which one of the following statements is the best answer? According to the statement of Abraham Sofaer, made at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on December 4, 1985, the reasons for the United States' withdrawal of the acceptance of the International Court of Justice compulsory jurisdiction, as a result of the Nicaragua case, were: Nicaragua itself never had validly accepted the Court's compulsory jurisdiction. Nicaragua brought before the Court political and security disputes that were never previously considered part of the Court's mandate. The Court's decision that Nicaragua had accepted compulsory jurisdiction and that Nicaragua's claims were justifiable could not be supported as a matter of law. Both B and C are correct. A, B, and C are correct.