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kevinore

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22. Probably

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 08:01 PM

7 hrs ago

They probably will not answer to the US, but the ICC can, and should investigate the US military and government for atrocities. Any future president should allow the ICC to try and, if guilty, punish the criminals.

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U.S. troops not liable in boat strikes, classified Justice Dept. memo says [View all] BumRushDaShow 11 hrs ago OP

shithole and the Pentagon are......................... Lovie777 11 hrs ago #1

The word "Nuremburg" means nothing to them... NotHardly 9 hrs ago #12

He's got that immunity Polybius 7 hrs ago #20

That's what Hitler told his gestapo. Irish_Dem 11 hrs ago #2

If they have immunity for the killing, do they have immunity for complying with the orders to kill? And, if they have in2herbs 11 hrs ago #3

Making it legal don't make it right. twodogsbarking 11 hrs ago #4

It would be a law "more honored in the breach than the observance" ananda 11 hrs ago #6

Sounds like you could be contract lawyer. One that is an expert in contracts, not a temp hire. twodogsbarking 11 hrs ago #7

I guess an old English teacher will have to do. ananda 11 hrs ago #8

Reading and interpreting. twodogsbarking 9 hrs ago #15

International Criminal Court 2na fisherman 11 hrs ago #5

They are powerless here though Polybius 7 hrs ago #21

Maybe not while you guiys are in control. BUT bluestarone 11 hrs ago #9

Remember Anwar Nasser Abdulla al-Awlaki? He was a native-born US citizen killed by a drone strike on September 30, 2011, 24601 10 hrs ago #10

Comparing the al-Awlaki case to these continuing attacks on boats is quite the stretch Prairie Gates 9 hrs ago #14

Anything can be challenged, and should be. Wtf. nt miyazaki 10 hrs ago #11

An incorrect and meaningless legal opinion. TomSlick 9 hrs ago #13

They will probably try to hold it to the same level BumRushDaShow 8 hrs ago #19

Perhaps. TomSlick 7 hrs ago #23

... Solly Mack 9 hrs ago #16

How convenient.... Quanto Magnus 8 hrs ago #17

Just following orders. Right? n/t Munu 8 hrs ago #18

Probably kevinore 7 hrs ago #22

Nuremberg NewEnglandAutumn 6 hrs ago #24

John Yoo and Alberto Gonzalez come to mind. Buddyzbuddy 6 hrs ago #25

Somebody probably told the Gestapo and the SS the same thing. Turbineguy 6 hrs ago #26

The international courts may disagree as will American courts JT45242 6 hrs ago #27

John Yoo also wrote an opinion claiming water boarding was not torture. surfered 5 hrs ago #28

So..... COL Mustard 5 hrs ago #29

Says you. kacekwl 5 hrs ago #30

Didn't a number of German officers and soldiers try the defence that they were just following orders? cstanleytech 2 hrs ago #31

America has an unortunate track record on extra judicial killings. Aussie105 1 min ago #32