TehBamski@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 years agoWhy wasn't former President Bush of the USA, charged with any crimes, when we marched into Afghanistan and Iraq by his orders, under pretenses?message-squaremessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up1300arrow-down130
arrow-up1270arrow-down1message-squareWhy wasn't former President Bush of the USA, charged with any crimes, when we marched into Afghanistan and Iraq by his orders, under pretenses?TehBamski@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square113fedilink
minus-squareRandom Dent@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up49arrow-down4·edit-22 years agoFun fact! In 2002 the US passed a law allowing themselves to invade the Hague in case any high-ranking US officials ended up on trial there. Which I’m sure they passed in the year between 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq just by coincidence, and they weren’t expecting any shady shit to go down at all.
minus-squareRandom Dent@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down1·2 years agoBut still, quite convenient timing to pass a “Guys we’re SUPER SERIOUS about not being on the hook for war crimes” bill.
minus-squareqyron@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-22 years agoHow would that work? Wouldn’t that be an act of war unprovoked aggression per the UN charter?
minus-squareRandom Dent@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoI mean what are they gonna do, send them to the Hague?
Fun fact! In 2002 the US passed a law allowing themselves to invade the Hague in case any high-ranking US officials ended up on trial there.
Which I’m sure they passed in the year between 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq just by coincidence, and they weren’t expecting any shady shit to go down at all.
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But still, quite convenient timing to pass a “Guys we’re SUPER SERIOUS about not being on the hook for war crimes” bill.
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How would that work? Wouldn’t that be an act of
warunprovoked aggression per the UN charter?I mean what are they gonna do, send them to the Hague?