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[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 84 points 6 months ago (6 children)

Yeah, what are they gonna do? Invade the Hague? That's absurd

Hague Invasion Act

oh...

[–] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago

Rules for me, rules for thee

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

That's one quick way to destroy America's position in the global system. But Trump would order it. We all know he would.

[–] Drusas@kbin.run 8 points 6 months ago

There aren't enough of them to do so.

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 months ago

enacted August 2, 2002

Of course Bush did it, who else would do something like this (except for Trump maybe)?

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

That’s um a bad look even by America in 2002 standards jeez

Ok Europe why the fuck haven’t you prepared for conflict with us‽

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 60 points 6 months ago

Signing a document like this makes it clear you're an antisemite.

[–] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 53 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 25 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Please don’t. Or at least use a condom.

We don’t need mini-GOP running around.

[–] holycrap@lemm.ee 14 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Just fuck them with a cactus. Without lube. Problem solved.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

Poor cactus.

[–] OrgunDonor@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago
[–] modifier@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 months ago

They are a party obsessed with birth rates, for totally-not-racist reasons.

GOP, the Get...Orrybody Pregnant...Party.

We'll keep workshopping it.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 49 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Threatening the prosecutors' families is a typically classy move from the GOP.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

They learned it from their daddy Trump.

[–] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 49 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don’t think the ICC gives a shit about what the GOP has to say. There have been multiple reported war crimes, something must happen.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 37 points 6 months ago

Ooo. Scary.

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 6 months ago

TL;DR: Fascists love fascist war criminals

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 23 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Target deez nutz. They both found evidence of genocide and spoken words that imply intent that would make compelling evidence during the trial.

[–] match@pawb.social 4 points 6 months ago

the icc also directed the israeli government to fucking stop the bad shit and they have only intensified

[–] Assman@sh.itjust.works 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oh no, don't make an enemy of the most incompetent political organization in American history.

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago (2 children)

“Incompetent”…

Anyone wanna tell this guy what happened to abortion rights?

[–] Assman@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Name one other thing they accomplished (flipping SC counts as part of what you mentioned)

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They keep winning Presidential elections against the popular will, they gerrymandered districts and restricted voting to guarantee themselves electoral wins, and they stuffed the Supreme Court with extremists who will do their bidding for decades. They're pretty competent at being obstructive and gaming the system for far-right minority rule.

[–] Assman@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

I was more talking about legislation/legal precedent but I do agree with you

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com -1 points 6 months ago

They're totally incompetent at many things, such as governing, but they're brilliant at brainwashing their followers and causing harm to people at home and around the world. Just like typical fictional supervillains.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

first of all, the us isn't even a member of the icc so you can't really do squat.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 months ago

Yeah I think the implication now that they will try and murder them. Thinly veiled threats

The US apparently already put a law in place that if a US soldier is ever tried by the ICC that they would invade the Netherlands and liberate him by force.

We want to be able to commit war crimes and behave like absolute monsters, and we want the same for our friends.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago (2 children)

They will do anything and everything to escalate tensions in that part of the world. They believe that if they can hasten Armageddon in the Middle East it will force Jesus to come back sooner. It's a bullshit lasagna plan (layer upon layer of utter shite). But it's what these lunatics believe.

[–] ironchico@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

This right here. Not enough people realize how bonkers these religious nut jobs really are, or that this is the real reason the US is so invested in Israel.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago

Seriously, can we push back rules separating state and church? You can't work for the government if you believe in Santa claus, sorry. Same goes for Allah, god, Jehova, shiva, or any other of the make belief friends.

[–] bitwolf@lemmy.one 18 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Isnt it a felony to threaten someone or something?

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 5 points 6 months ago

Rules for thee...

[–] nifty@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Wait a second? So if GOP members say stuff like this, what happens if some unruly ICC people decide to go after GOP and their family? These people sure know how to create a safe world…

Edit for wording

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

there's a US law that says the US will destroy the ICC if they try to convict a US citizen, I think. Threats work.

[–] Beaver@lemmy.ca 13 points 6 months ago

Republicans standing against justice once again.

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Biden would just veto whatev-

Nah I couldn't even finish the sentence.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

He could. But he won’t.

[–] john89@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why does the GOP go against the wishes of Vladimir Putin when it applies to Israel?

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 6 months ago

Now that the Russian economy is in big trouble, Vlad the war criminal doesn't have the money to pay them, so they don't have to comply anymore