• quarrk [he/him]
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    7 months ago

    An indictment of a US official, even if never taken to trial, would be a good first step. It's not so abstract when you're charged with war crimes, is it? Of course Biden will never see the inside of an international court... but some smol beans politician like John Fetterman or Matt Gaetz? I think it would affect them more, they would be afraid to leave the US for the rest of their lives.

    • Morgoon@startrek.website
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      7 months ago

      If any American politician or service member is arrested it triggers the Hague Invasion Act that Bush Jr signed into law

      • huf [he/him]
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        7 months ago

        yeah, let them do it. it'd be a hoot.

      • quarrk [he/him]
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        7 months ago

        That act grants the president the power to bypass congress in that specific scenario, but they still have to have the gonads to do it.

  • RyanGosling [none/use name]
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    7 months ago

    The US wants to cry about Putin committing war crimes. Maybe they should be a shining beacon of democracy and hold their people accountable, and then other superpowers would be more wary of committing the same acts with their own enemies.

  • EllenKelly [comrade/them]
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    7 months ago

    Haha oh Nina, i dont think its just the whole Israel thing usaian politicians are on the hook for 🎣

  • BestBouclettes@jlai.lu
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    7 months ago

    Isn't there something somewhere that states that if the ICC tries to pursue an American citizen appointed official, the USA can and will invade The Hague?
    Oh wait, there is.
    That's just telling on themselves.