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Misleading headline by the BBC, as is tradition. He wasn't given anything, it's simply the status quo - whether we like it our not. It's also not a US thing but

Misleading headline by the BBC, as is tradition. He wasn't given anything, it's simply the status quo - whether we like it our not. It's also not a US thing but an international convention: https://www.justsecurity.org/68801/head-of-state-immunity-is-too-important-for-the-international-court-of-justice https://www.justsecurity.org/68801/head-of-state-immunity-is...

dmix 4y ago
Yeah as bad as this sounds it's basically just reiterating the existing law. They are just saying they aren't making a unique exception for this one case that wouldn't normally exist otherwise.
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peoplefromibiza 4y ago
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago
  In case this is serious, we didn’t sue Hussain or Gadaffi out of office.
  - peoplefromibiza 4y ago
    No, you bombed them out of life. Gheddafi in particular, he was killed like a rabid dog when was hiding in a hole in the ground and was harmless. But I guess that if you buy enough billion in weapons from the US, you're fine. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kDWcjB2-OXA/maxresdefault.jpg https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kDWcjB2-OXA/maxresdefault.jpg What both Saddam and Gheddafi together have done is peanuts compared to what SA has done in the middle east. The US are becoming more and more a problem, they do not understand anymore that power means using it responsibly. There are people all over the world banning the access to American cultural products to their children, must mean something.
  - aiProgMach 4y ago
    I think your reply is the joke, the Poster comment is making good point, Saddam Hussein & Gadaffi were removed by US war machine. It's just a war that suits the US.
    - JumpCrisscross 4y ago
      > Saddam Hussein & Gadaffi were removed by US war machine Right. Which is a red herring in a discussion about legal sovereign immunity.
      - peoplefromibiza 4y ago
        It's not about sovereignty It's about consequences Nobody thought they would go to war with SA they don't have the balls to do it anymore they did it with Afghanistan for something that Afghanistan did not do. You know, they are poor and have no army. But most of all, business with SA will continue as usual After the prince ordered the assassination of a journalist whose body was then shred to pieces with a bonesaw That qualifies as OK to buy our fighter jets, no big deal everything's fine...

dmix 4y ago

Yeah as bad as this sounds it's basically just reiterating the existing law. They are just saying they aren't making a unique exception for this one case that wouldn't normally exist otherwise.

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peoplefromibiza 4y ago

JumpCrisscross 4y ago
In case this is serious, we didn’t sue Hussain or Gadaffi out of office.
- peoplefromibiza 4y ago
  No, you bombed them out of life. Gheddafi in particular, he was killed like a rabid dog when was hiding in a hole in the ground and was harmless. But I guess that if you buy enough billion in weapons from the US, you're fine. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kDWcjB2-OXA/maxresdefault.jpg https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kDWcjB2-OXA/maxresdefault.jpg What both Saddam and Gheddafi together have done is peanuts compared to what SA has done in the middle east. The US are becoming more and more a problem, they do not understand anymore that power means using it responsibly. There are people all over the world banning the access to American cultural products to their children, must mean something.
- aiProgMach 4y ago
  I think your reply is the joke, the Poster comment is making good point, Saddam Hussein & Gadaffi were removed by US war machine. It's just a war that suits the US.
  - JumpCrisscross 4y ago
    > Saddam Hussein & Gadaffi were removed by US war machine Right. Which is a red herring in a discussion about legal sovereign immunity.
    - peoplefromibiza 4y ago
      It's not about sovereignty It's about consequences Nobody thought they would go to war with SA they don't have the balls to do it anymore they did it with Afghanistan for something that Afghanistan did not do. You know, they are poor and have no army. But most of all, business with SA will continue as usual After the prince ordered the assassination of a journalist whose body was then shred to pieces with a bonesaw That qualifies as OK to buy our fighter jets, no big deal everything's fine...