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> One of the more comical illustrations of this is that the US passed a law during the Bush administraron authorizing invasion of the Hague if US officials were
by kazen44 8y ago
> One of the more comical illustrations of this is that the US passed a law during the Bush administraron authorizing invasion of the Hague if US officials were to be tried in the ICC.
You might find this comical, but many dutchmen find it absolutely abhorrent that the US is willing to enact suchs an aggresive policy into law, especially as the dutch have been close allies with the US for a very long time.
- emodendroket 8y agoSorry, that was a poor choice of words. It's just such an over-the-top form of strong-arming (and so seemingly unnecessary; what were the risks that the ICC was really going to go after US officials in the first place?) that it seems cartoonish.