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nextaccountic • today at 4:08 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

It's not just this administration. The US helped create this court and pushed other countries to join, but never joined themselves and always threatened the court if they indicted or judged American people.

There's an US law that says the US will invade Belgium (edit: Netherlands) if the court wanted to investigate an American (???)

I remember Hillary Clinton, in the Obama administration, saying the US is an exceptional country that deserves exceptional conditions regarding this issue

It's frankly ridiculous


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viceconsole • today at 4:46 PM

Netherlands, not Belgium. Though with the quality of US targeting, it's possible they might accidentally invade Belgium instead.

matheusmoreira • today at 4:27 PM

I don't get it... Why would any other country handicap themselves by joining such an obviously corrupt court that judges them but not the US?

Pretty wild that the US has a law that literally says it must invade another country if they judge Americans for war crimes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Pr...

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