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House passes GOP bill to sanction ICC as it seeks arrest warrant for Netanyahu (abcnews.go.com)

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[-] aleph@lemm.ee 148 points 5 months ago

42 Dems voted for this nonsense.

[-] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

Let me tell you how absolutely "shocked" I am to see Wasserman Schultz on the list of dems that voted for this. /s

[-] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 months ago

None of them from my state...cuz I live in mfing Utah and I'm sure the entire Congressional delegation would happily write messages on IGF bombs.

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[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 145 points 5 months ago

imagine sanctioning the ICC but not Netanyahu. Evil

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[-] KidnappedByKitties@lemm.ee 81 points 5 months ago

We're learning in real time that the ICC and UN are great tools, until they disagree with you, at which point they can be ignored and even threatened.

[-] saltesc@lemmy.world 26 points 5 months ago

That's what all the baddie countries do.

Next it'll be Team America putting Hans Blix in a shark tank.

[-] BatrickPateman@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Hans Brix! Hans Brix!

[-] febra@lemmy.world 24 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Khan (ICC Chief Prosecutor) told CNN that an unnamed official had told him the ICC was “built for Africa and for thugs like Putin”.

Source (timestamped: 19:00) https://youtu.be/6BquEw4kNNE?si=xA2MKh03QAXkENvG&t=1140

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Which shows that this "unnamed official" was dumb as fuck and didn't do his homework.

[-] febra@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

What do you mean by "didn't do his homework"? That "unnamed official" was clearly racist as fuck. Not sure about dumb, but definitely racist.

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[-] mydude@lemmy.world 40 points 5 months ago

Rules for thee, not for me.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 35 points 5 months ago

The Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act, led by Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy, would require mandatory sanctions and visa restrictions on any foreign person working or providing funds for the ICC in prosecutions against the U.S., Israel or any other U.S. ally that is not party to the ICC.

Oh no, anything but that.

[-] SirQuackTheDuck@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

"you've seen our war crimes, now you're no longer welcome here"

As if you'd go be a tourist in a country, just after you've seen solders of said country commit, or politicians and citizens actively defend war crimes. Plenty of pretty cool other things to see.

[-] SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

How does that work, exactly? Half the world countries are members of the ICC, and therefore, provide funding for it.

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 29 points 5 months ago

Way to take decisive action on important issues.

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago

His is it they can sanction the ICC but when SCOTUS judges flaunt their corruption, they're all "welp nothing we can do lol."

[-] Damage@feddit.it 22 points 5 months ago

If only this convinced skeptics in the EU that we need to further integrate our Union and stand stronger against this bullshit from the USA

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 16 points 5 months ago

In a contest between self-interest and international law, self-interest wins with this very tribal group.

I wish they could be better.

[-] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

"Tribal?" A lot of Democrats supported this, it seems like a rare example of bipartisan cooperation to me. Why do you think it's an example of tribalism?

[-] SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 months ago

It's tribal as in "our group" (including Israel) versus international laws that ought to apply to everyone.

[-] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

I guess I’m gonna have to start practicing a New Zealand accent so I can travel in peace. G’day, mate! Wait, no. That’s wrong.

Is there a Duolingo for picking up an accent? Or maybe I can do something else. How much Buckfast do I need to drink before I sound Scottish?

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 months ago

US citizens were pretending to be Canadians back in the day

[-] Dwayne_Elizondo_Mountain_Dew_Camacho@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago

Funny. As Canadians, we say we're Americans when we do stupid shit abroad.

[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

House has had their heads firmly embedded in their asses for so long now theres no use trying to yank them out

[-] uis@lemm.ee 8 points 5 months ago

Meamwhile ICC has arrest warrant for Putin. Those reps are honorable members of United Russia.

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