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My knee-jerk reaction was to say ‘because they are a signatory to the Rome Statute’, but on further reading discovered that all requests from the ICC for a nation’s cooperation are described as ‘may’, not ‘shall’ be agreed to, and worse, that if a nation refuses the matter will get forwarded to the UN Assembly and inevitably to the UN Security Council (Article 87-7). This essentially means Russia can veto, so in reality the don’t have to or at least would only worry about sanctions.
My hope is they are loudly refusing Ukraine’s request now as bait.
Im hoping US will use a fleet of Reaper drones to harass Putin’s plane just like Russian fighters do to drones in international airspace, forcing it to detour and land on a conveniently nearby US Carrier beforing steaming straight for the Hague as his plane is disassembled down to nuts and bolts before being shipped piecemeal back to Moscow
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Told ya’ll, zero chance we’d do it. Doesn’t matter what international agreement we signed, it’s not worth the risk. Sorry for signing that and not following through but asking us to arrest a head of state of a major superpower is too much.
We try to stay neutral with all countries and AMLO has taken it to heart. We know he’s not coming but the government is still doing it to be polite, avoid confrontation, and secure future relations, afaik. It’s putting ourselves first. But honestly, he shouldn’t have been invited in the first place. Fuck Putin. I hope Sheinbaum takes a more decisive stance and does the right thing but who knows.
That’s what I thought! And yet there were surprises to be had in some other comments section arguing that because Mexico signed an extradition agreement, we’d be forced to follow through somehow.
…if Putin has the guts to show up even with this assurance.
Not a chance. Someone(s) could easily make one, or all, of the Cartels an offer they couldn’t refuse to either make him disappear or make him disappear from Mexico and magically reappear at The Hague.
On 20 August 1940, Trotsky was attacked in his study by Spanish-born NKVD agent Ramón Mercader, who used an ice axe as a weapon. The operation was known within the NKVD as “Operation Utka” (Operation Duck).
Did you seriously just call a third world gas station a super power? Just because they claim to have Soviet nukes that still work doesn’t make them relevant.
Ukraine is using ANRIK drones with KVARTAL munitions. This allows them to get their FLÄRDFULL units in place. They're super easy to set up in the field, but if you're left scratching your head, there's a hotline to call.
There was a story I read a while back where, during a firefight, the soldier called the manufacturer’s hot line and got his issue fixed. I’d love to hear a soldier screaming over artillery that their stupid HIMARS isn’t accepting the new rockets and Lockheed puts them on hold.
Too bad he hasn’t seemed to piss off China. I bet with all those precursor connections they would have enough influence to get them to destroy the meeting place.
Should have requested the Cartels do something about it.
The United States could simply offer a 12 month amnesty to any Cartel who manages to make Putin appear, alive, at The Hague. The value of that would easily exceed a Billion dollars and be highly motivational.
Ah yes, the old “your government/politician does bad thing therefore you cannot criticize other bad thing” argument. So eloquent, so convincing. So strong.
I could live to be a thousand, and I’ll still be seeing small-minded people make the same argument.
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