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[–] 130 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

The underlying problem is that nobody will ever be sent to the Hague for trial.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    That wasn’t going to happen either way. We have to be our own Hague.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (2 children)

    I see the US sending war criminal to the Hague the same way Colombians saw sending Escobar to the US, an admission they were incapable of delivering justice themselves.

    It would also be a acknowledgement and commitment to international law in contras to issuing economic sanctions against ICC members because we don't like their decisions.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Yeah, but the US doesn’t recognize the ICC, so we’d have to start there.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    It has been pretty obvious for those in power in the US that there is zero accountability ever since George Bush Junior didn't end up in The Hague for the invasion of Iraq and subsequent Pillaging (the War Crime, as shown in the British Report On The Iraq War)

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  • [–] 6 points 2 weeks ago

    Yes, that's the touchstone for my generation, but American lawlessness goes back to the invasion of the Philipines. but CIA and military actions during the cold war are especially egregious.

    How is kidnapping Maduro substantially different than overthrowing Noriega?

    What I love about Trump is that he is simply America without the mask. It's frustrating listening to people weeping into their flags saying, "This isn't who we are." It's exactly who we are. It's exactly who we've always been.

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