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“Sieg heil!”
“Saying that makes you a nazi.”
“I don’t give a shit what you call it.”
“sieg geil!”
“You sound like a nazi when you say that.”
“Well thank you”
Hehe geil
Your daily reminder that as a matter of fact, international law means pretty much nothing. It’s funny to me that people still keep bringing it up.
I mean, if someone ever detains a us service member on behalf of the ICC, the US will literally invade the Netherlands
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members'_Protection_Act
Invading somebody else’s nether lands is certainly on brand for the prick, I’m sure he wouldn’t mind having an excuse.
If that’s how you feel, then all laws mean pretty much nothing. The only reason any of it matters, is if we all agree to abide by them. Technically, anyone can commit any crime, at any time. The rest of us need to hold those people accountable, or as you said…none of it matters.
Laws aren’t a matter of public consensus (although public consensus is one way of determining what should be illegal). They’re meaningful if men with guns show up and use force against someone who breaks them.
They’re only meaningful if the rest of us allow that to happen.
It never meant anything to the USA and other imperialists, it is regularly used to justify action against those outside the “international community”
The thing about justifications is that you can just make them up. There’s no international law against hypocrisy.
International law only springs into existence when it’s convenient for the “international community”
You could say that about any law, not just “international”.
Look at how laws are applied in your country and you’ll probably find them disproportionately applied against the poor over the rich.
We can’t just set and forget laws. If you want them enforced justly, you need to be active in your political environment and elect people who will do that.
If you want international law applied to the US, you need to elect politicians who would be willing to push for sanctions against them until they comply.
Or if you’re American, vote for politicians who actually respect the international community.
That’s a really naive take TBH, bourgeois “democracies” are designed in such a way that whatever you do, in virtually all cases you can only elect representatives of capital…
ELectoralism and reformism are impotent at handling systemic problems and injustises
Only tangibly related but
All laws are made up, no matter how much your try force authoritarian rule people will always have the the inherent freedom to oppose.
The sooner we realize the natural anarchy of individuals the sooner we can replace build in forced compliance with build in aligned mutual interests.
People who have no interest in “committing wrong” usually don’t commit too many wrongs.
Don’t insult crazy people by comparing them to Vance!
He’s just another version of trump.
A child trying to imitate trump maybe
That’s a good description of USA politics right now
Pretty much for the last 50 years
I’m sure this kind of rhetoric will turn out to be super great for Americans abroad.
It’s like putting bullseye sheets on every back of them.
Did they kill the Sackler family?
Not brown or poor-looking enough, sadly.
The orange bloated bloviator is bad enough but to have that dark little strange monster hovering in the background seems somehow worse.
The US has always been this parasitic, lawless, warmongering shithole of a country. Bush did it, Obama did it, Biden did it, Trump did it. Every single president before them did it. As someone who despises the US hegemony, I’m glad this administration is showing the world what the US has always been. This will just make it easier for us across the globe to discredit the US lackeys in our individual countries.
So according to couchfucker, war crimes are the best use of the military.
Not just him but kegsbreath too.
I’m pretty sure if someone gave Vance a gun, he would start shooting the cleaning staff at the WH. He sounds like a coked out lunatic who hears voices making fun of him.
This is why I’m not convinced when people say maga won’t fall in line behind this guy. They want blood, they don’t care how it’s spilled. They’re foaming at the mouth rabid for it, and Vance promises to deliver.
If you replace JD Vance with Hitler, replace jd Vance’s profile with Hitler, they’re indistinguishable from each other
You could make a very strong argument that a cartel member is a member of a militant group, they certainly use many of the same tactics
Prove it in court and put them in jail then.
You think you’re capturing these guys alive?
The coast guard does it on a daily basis.
Facts are too hard for them, try a picture book.
No, but it’s still the correct way to do it.
Cool you can serve the arrest warrant then
I think you’re missing the point there.
You can’t just eschew justice because cartels - but we both know they won’t come quietly.
You do the trial in absentia, then send a team to go ‘pick him up’ if he really does come quietly, he’ll go to prison, but we all know that’s not how it’ll go down.
Given the tactics cartels use to defend their turf and keep others in line, they’re one group of people I don’t really have an issue with being executed.
They’re worse than a lot of terrorist organisations.
i think you mean military instead of militant, any violent group is militant. So being militant is still a civilian thing and using the military against civilians is a war crime. Also using the military within your own borders is a crime. So no it’s not a “very strong argument” it’s not an argument at all
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_humanitarian_law
Fine, terrorist organisation then. They’re certainly not above killing civilians themselves.
That would make them bad guys. Doing the same thing makes the US bad guys too
I agree, that’s why MAGA and the KKK should be executed in the stree- wait, is that not who we’re talking about? Oops, my bad.
I also support executing the Klan, yes.
You could make a very strong argument that the cartel is something for the country itself to deal with, or rely on help through organisations like INTERPOL and not just have the US decide it’s murder time for a random civillian they have no evidence on.
If you have a proper judicial process, some mistakes are caught. On the other hand, extra judicial killings have no recourse for mistakes.
Even the best processes and well intentioned humans make mistakes. Extra judicial process is a recipe for humanitarian disaster.
Unknown number of innocent people will be murdered in cold blood without remorse if such a policy is adopted.
I respect the sentiment, but there’s no way in hell these guys would surrender to law enforcement.
Except that they have in the past. Coast guard shows up in a big ass boat with guns, they don’t fight back. If drugs are found, they are confiscated, people are interrogated, leads to the organizational structure are worked on, etc. This was just murder. There is a strong reason for due process.
Saved. In case he denies later he ever said that.
They also do not care about war crimes in Gaza. Sick psychopaths.
