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0 pointsskrebbel4mo ago0 comments

> It used to be that the US stood out because it took the law seriously and believed in its ideals to do the right thing

The "The Hague Invasion Act", where the US authorizes itself to invade an ally (the Netherlands) to break war criminal suspects out of prison, was signed in 2002. The US has always been a "rules for thee but not for me" type of place and the digital sanction discussed here fits in a long line of behaviors by the US government. Trump has changed the scale and intensity of it all but the basic direction has always been the same.

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ApolloFortyNine4mo ago

The US never ratified any law claiming the ICC has jurisdiction over Americans.

And they basically put it into writing, they're not the only country that would do something if an active duty military officer was arrested.

Here's a map. [1]

[1] https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2024/05/ICC-Mem...

Eddy_Viscosity24mo ago

Well the fact that they made a law to enable this is a sign of at least some belief in the law. These days Trump would just do the invasion regardless of what the law says, and get away with it. Case example: ordering the navy to blow up Venezuela boats.

skrebbelOP4mo ago

Good point! From that perspective the comment I replied to does indeed check out.

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