Trump says US has bombed Fordo nuclear plant in attack on Iran

Re:Trump says US has bombed Fordo nuclear plant in attack on... by benrutter on Sunday June 22, 2025 @01:22AM (#44343934)

> Isn't that grounds for arrest?

Maybe, but worth saying the ICC have issued a warrant for Netanyahu for war crimes. The reason he hasn't been arrested is:

- The ICC is just a court, not a police department. Only countries have those, and while Netanyahu is in Israel, his own police probably won't arrest him.

- Authoritarian governments like Trump, Orban, Putin are actively undermining the ICC, which makes enforcement even less likely.

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Re:Trump says US has bombed Fordo nuclear plant in attack on... by birn559 on Sunday June 22, 2025 @01:55AM (#44344166)

I believe no US administration ever acknowledged the ICC. By the way, the German chancellor just said he wouldn't arrest Netanyahu if he came to Germany.

It's not just a Trump thing.

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Re:Trump says US has bombed Fordo nuclear plant in attack on... by vasco on Sunday June 22, 2025 @03:10AM (#44344625)

Of course the US has acknowledged the ICC.

In 2002 on the heels of 9/11 George W Bush signed https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_... into law, also known as Hague Invasion Act, specifically acknowledging the ICC in the clearest of ways.

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Re:Trump says US has bombed Fordo nuclear plant in attack on... by throw310822 on Sunday June 22, 2025 @02:29AM (#44344374)

If there is a nation that cannot be expected to act with equanimity in regards to Israel, that's Germany. Nothing to do with the legitimacy of the ICC, that Germany has always recognised.

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Re:Trump says US has bombed Fordo nuclear plant in attack on... by mongol on Sunday June 22, 2025 @04:38AM (#44345128)

Is this something the German chancellor can say? In countries with an independent judiciary, this is a matter for prosecutors, police and courts.

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Re:Trump says US has bombed Fordo nuclear plant in attack on... by mr_toad on Sunday June 22, 2025 @12:14PM (#44348083)

In most countries state prosecutors are directly controlled by the executive. The US is a bit of an anomaly in having semi-independent elected prosecutors.

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Re:Trump says US has bombed Fordo nuclear plant in attack on... by jahewson on Sunday June 22, 2025 @02:06AM (#44344238)

Why should anybody care what some upstarts with zero moral authority at the ICC think? Nobody voted for them.

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Re:Trump says US has bombed Fordo nuclear plant in attack on... by normie3000 on Sunday June 22, 2025 @02:24AM (#44344352)

> Nobody voted for them.

How is that relevant? Is an elected judiciary demonstrably more objective at interpreting law?

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Re:Trump says US has bombed Fordo nuclear plant in attack on... by goatlover on Sunday June 22, 2025 @03:00AM (#44344563)

Judges aren't representatives, they exist to interpret the law.

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