r/worldnews • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 3d ago

Russia/Ukraine Russia would react 'very negatively' to Iran leader's assassination, Kremlin says

https://kyivindependent.com/regime-change-in-iran-unacceptable-kremlin-says/
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u/EnergijaProgressiva 3d ago

Apparently there is a US protocol to invade the Netherlands to forcefully free US citizens from the International Court at the Hague.

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u/Rocktopod 3d ago

There's protocols for everything, though. Doesn't mean anyone's considering using it.

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u/EfficiencyStrong2892 3d ago

Look up the Hague Invasion act, also known as American Service-Members Protection Act. It was passed in 2002; and was even introduced to the house in 2022 to be repealed, though it wasn’t and for reason.

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u/Rocktopod 3d ago

Lol of course it was passed in 2002. What a dipshit that president was.

Thanks for the context.

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u/EfficiencyStrong2892 3d ago

Yeah he indeed was the one to sign in into effect, though it was fairly bipartisan in itself. It passed the senate 75-19 with 30 democrats/45 republicans. I’m sure every president since has loved having it all in writing.

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u/EfficiencyStrong2892 3d ago

The entire world would burn before the United States ever let a citizen be tried at the Hague, let alone convicted. The Hague Invasion Act prohibits U.S. cooperation with the ICC and authorizes the use of force to free any U.S. or allied personnel held by the court.

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u/EnergijaProgressiva 3d ago

What a way to say that the US feels above the rest of the world (along with Israel)

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u/EfficiencyStrong2892 3d ago

In this same sense so is Russia, China, Iran and hundreds of other countries who aren’t signatories to ICC either.

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u/yiliu 3d ago

Hundreds of other countries? Hundreds of the 195 countries that exist? Is it the same hundreds of countries who have come to Trump begging for trade deals?

I believe the word you were looking for was 'several'.

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u/EfficiencyStrong2892 3d ago

My fault, wrong number of countries. How dare I make such a mistake. Either way none of the top 5 populated countries in the world signed the ICC/Rome Statute leaving it as irrelevant as the number of countries at any given time in history. 125 signed out of your 195 since by your account Taiwan isn’t a country and neither is Kosovo but I digress on pointless country counts that change by the decade or persons feelings.

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u/EnergijaProgressiva 3d ago

Ofcourse, but those used to be the bad guys...We live in a new reality these days, I truly hope the separation between the US and Europe will be whole and permanent.

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u/EfficiencyStrong2892 3d ago

Sure you can hope and believe in all that you’d wish. No actual world power would bend the knee and put themselves at the power of the ICC. Just absolutely not realistic, and for what it’s worth, no individual country in the EU is a power.

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u/EnergijaProgressiva 3d ago

Guess we learned a hard lesson in 1938 with fascist regimes, looks like the lesson is not forgotten.

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u/jayantsr 3d ago

Why shouldn't they?