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cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/4480697

US politicians threaten to invade Int'l Criminal Court if Israel faces war crimes charges

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[-] FumpyAer@hexbear.net 19 points 6 months ago

This isn't a serious threat, they could never.

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 38 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The Hague Invasion Act is from 2002. I don't know anything about international law but all the US would need to do is fudge "intent" to make it cover Israel. "...or allied personnel" is already in the text.

American Service-Members' Protection Act

The American Service-Members' Protection Act (enacted August 2, 2002), known informally as The Hague Invasion Act, is a United States federal law described as "a bill to protect United States military personnel and other elected and appointed officials of the United States government against criminal prosecution by an international criminal court to which the United States is not party."

The Act gives the president power to use "all means necessary and appropriate to bring about the release of any U.S. or allied personnel being detained or imprisoned by, on behalf of, or at the request of the International Criminal Court".

[-] Rx_Hawk@hexbear.net 22 points 6 months ago

Yeah at first I was like nah no way they threatened to “invade The Hague”, but they really kinda did. Lunatics.

[-] Tunnelvision@hexbear.net 23 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I’m pretty sure America actually has a law or something about this and yeah they would unironically. Like if any American were to actually be tried for war crimes they would invade The Hague. I assume that goes for Israel too.

[-] FumpyAer@hexbear.net 23 points 6 months ago

Wow, I didn't know that! It still seems like bluster, though.. They would throw NATO into chaos if they did that... More power to them, I say. Do it, see what happens to your hegemony.

[-] Maoo@hexbear.net 22 points 6 months ago

Honestly I really hope they do though.

[-] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 14 points 6 months ago

I don't know that they would need to really invade, they could probably just send some missiles and call it a day

[-] FumpyAer@hexbear.net 19 points 6 months ago

The zionist playbook. Shoot missiles at your hostages in order to save your hostages.

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