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Since you are bringing up NATO, I will just spell out the Hague Invasion Act ELI5 : US Congress signed into law the a priori consent of invading the capitol of

Since you are bringing up NATO, I will just spell out the Hague Invasion Act ELI5 : US Congress signed into law the a priori consent of invading the capitol of one of its NATO allies ( NL ). Disclaimer : I am Dutch.

blunte 5y ago
Perhaps the first line of defense against such an invasion would be to agitate the farmers, causing them to drive all their tractors back into town. It's pretty difficult to get anything done with them ruining all transportation.
- boomboomsubban 5y ago
  You'll certainly slow down the calvary units with tactics like those.
  - oaiey 5y ago
    When they will film that one day it will be glorious. First the landing in the smoke covered canals of Amsterdam, walks through the flower fields and then the final hunt in The Hague by feet due to the tractors.
- heavenlyblue 5y ago
  You could do that today using Facebook
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 5y ago
  > It's pretty difficult to get anything done with them ruining all transportation. If the US turn destroyed all the dikes, then it could use amphibious assault ships for troop transport.
  - Beldin 5y ago
    Destroying dikes is part of the Dutch defense plan, actually. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nieuwe_Hollandse_Waterlinie https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nieuwe_Hollandse_Waterlinie Of course, officially, "this plan is abandoned" nowadays. Nevertheless, I'd bring boots if I were invading...
  - oaiey 5y ago
    That would be very mean.
- FridayoLeary 5y ago
  Or make Sadiq khan the mayor...
- the-dude 5y ago
  They will come in with helicopters, raid the ICC and fly out again.
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YeGoblynQueenne 5y ago
>> US Congress signed into law the a priori consent of invading the capitol of one of its NATO allies ( NL ). I don't know what that means. Can you explain?
- lou1306 5y ago
  The so-called "Hague invasion act" allows the US President to use "any means necessary" to release any US citizen from custody by the International Criminal Court [0]. This, technically, gives the President the power to invade the Netherlands without getting (further) approval from Congress. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Protection_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Pr...
  - dragonwriter 5y ago
    > This, technically, gives the President the power to invade the Netherlands without getting (further) approval from Congress. Insofar as it does that, it gives the President the authority to wage open ended war anywhere on the planet as long as a US citizen is held by the ICC, since the President has sole discretion to determine what means are necessary. OTOH, that provision is also arguably an unconstitutional delegation of legislative power with no effect whatsoever, since if it delegates anything less than the ability to do anything Congress could allow it isn't specified. On the gripping hand, the War Powers Act already allows the President to wage war to get a US citizen released from the ICC (and for almost any other reason) anywhere on the planet as long as they ask Congress before too long after starting the war.

blunte 5y ago

Perhaps the first line of defense against such an invasion would be to agitate the farmers, causing them to drive all their tractors back into town. It's pretty difficult to get anything done with them ruining all transportation.

boomboomsubban 5y ago
You'll certainly slow down the calvary units with tactics like those.
- oaiey 5y ago
  When they will film that one day it will be glorious. First the landing in the smoke covered canals of Amsterdam, walks through the flower fields and then the final hunt in The Hague by feet due to the tractors.
heavenlyblue 5y ago
You could do that today using Facebook
RcouF1uZ4gsC 5y ago
> It's pretty difficult to get anything done with them ruining all transportation. If the US turn destroyed all the dikes, then it could use amphibious assault ships for troop transport.
- Beldin 5y ago
  Destroying dikes is part of the Dutch defense plan, actually. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nieuwe_Hollandse_Waterlinie https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nieuwe_Hollandse_Waterlinie Of course, officially, "this plan is abandoned" nowadays. Nevertheless, I'd bring boots if I were invading...
- oaiey 5y ago
  That would be very mean.
FridayoLeary 5y ago
Or make Sadiq khan the mayor...
the-dude 5y ago
They will come in with helicopters, raid the ICC and fly out again.

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YeGoblynQueenne 5y ago

>> US Congress signed into law the a priori consent of invading the capitol of one of its NATO allies ( NL ). I don't know what that means. Can you explain?

lou1306 5y ago
The so-called "Hague invasion act" allows the US President to use "any means necessary" to release any US citizen from custody by the International Criminal Court [0]. This, technically, gives the President the power to invade the Netherlands without getting (further) approval from Congress. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Protection_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Pr...
- dragonwriter 5y ago
  > This, technically, gives the President the power to invade the Netherlands without getting (further) approval from Congress. Insofar as it does that, it gives the President the authority to wage open ended war anywhere on the planet as long as a US citizen is held by the ICC, since the President has sole discretion to determine what means are necessary. OTOH, that provision is also arguably an unconstitutional delegation of legislative power with no effect whatsoever, since if it delegates anything less than the ability to do anything Congress could allow it isn't specified. On the gripping hand, the War Powers Act already allows the President to wage war to get a US citizen released from the ICC (and for almost any other reason) anywhere on the planet as long as they ask Congress before too long after starting the war.