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> and any diplomat ... worth his/her salt already has procedures to skip the country. It’s called diplomatic immunity. Diplomats don’t have secret plans for ba
by dpark 9y ago
> and any diplomat ... worth his/her salt already has procedures to skip the country.
It’s called diplomatic immunity. Diplomats don’t have secret plans for bailing out of countries because they don’t need them.
Diplomats don’t hide in embassies. They walk onto airplanes and fly home.
- JoeAltmaier 9y agoTell that to the US Embassy workers fleeing Hanoi? Or those killed by insurgents elsewhere? Of course they have many pre-determined safety procedures including rapid retreat.
- MisterBastahrd 9y agoThere's a difference between an established functional government and a revolutionary government.
- dpark 9y agoThat’s not “skipping the country”. That’s fleeing a failed state, where diplomatic immunity generally no longer applies but neither do whatever other “skip the country” plans one might have had since infrastructure is likely disrupted as well.
- dingaling 9y ago> They walk onto airplanes and fly home. Unless they have been declared persona non grata by the receiving nation ( Article 9 ). Usually the individual is given 72 hours to get out but that is not codified.
- dpark 9y agoThat’s exactly when they get on a plane and fly home. Declaring a diplomat persona non grata means they need to leave. It doesn’t mean they are suddenly subject to prosecution. If it did, then diplomatic immunity would be meaningless.