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sapphicsnail01/03/20264 repliesview on HN

Don't think we (Americans) would be happy if another country invaded and started capturing people to face trial in their country.


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solenoid093701/03/2026

This is naive. No other country would dare do this to the US because the US would simply rain literal hellfire upon them.

Your mistake is in equating the US to other countries. You cannot. It is a superpower.

When other countries act hostile to the US, it can simply ignore their sovereignty at a whim, and this is a huge benefit to living in US.

Is it unfair? Sure. Who cares?

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meindnoch01/03/2026

Israel did that in Argentina with Adolf Eichmann, and the US celebrated it.

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stodor8901/04/2026

That other country will quickly learn why America doesn't have free healthcare ;)

IncreasePosts01/03/2026

If Trump successfully stole the election in 2021, I'm sure there would have been many Americans who would be happy for Canada or England or France to capture him and put him on trial..