The United States: Our president cannot be held accountable for his crimes in a US court of law.
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@randahl
And the indictment is laughable.narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, possession of machine-guns and destructive devices, and conspiracy to possess machine-guns and destructive devices.
Oh and half of their document is about Colombia and Mexico. They should take note
https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1422326/dl
#venezuela #usa #mexico #colombia #canada #greenland #eu #europe
Wait, they're going to sue the president of a country because his country has machine guns? Seriously?
They're going to need an extremely corrupt judge to make any of that stick.
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@bufalo1973 @randahl
No. Taiwan has a President. Not someone claiming to be president.These are very different.
@taatm @randahl in Spain the far right says the president is not legit and must be jailed... because they weren't elected. That doesn't mean the current president didn't follow the rules to become president. So by the far right idea, the US should invade Spain to kidnap the president... when he didn't break the law to become it. Don't you see the problem? Imagine another country where the opposition asks China to kidnap the president saying "s/he is not the president (because we say so)". Would it be right for China to do the same the US has done in Venezuela?
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The United States: Our president cannot be held accountable for his crimes in a US court of law. A president has absolute immunity.
Also The United States: Now watch us kidnap a president of a totally different country, to hold him accountable for his crimes… in a US court of law.
In that case, surely the President of the United States can be kidnapped, taken to another country, and be held accountable for his crimes in a court of law there.
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@randahl This is to be expected of a rogue state.
Did you not notice when the US became a rogue state?
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@randahl Yeah like c’mon hasn’t anybody ever heard of The Hague
@snowpaint @randahl
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@randahl "The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations." (David Friedman)
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The United States: Our president cannot be held accountable for his crimes in a US court of law. A president has absolute immunity.
Also The United States: Now watch us kidnap a president of a totally different country, to hold him accountable for his crimes… in a US court of law.
@randahl Conservatism:
“There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
Anti-conservatism:
“The law cannot protect anyone unless it binds everyone, and cannot bind anyone unless it protects everyone.”
https://crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/liberals-against-progressives/#comment-729288
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The United States: Our president cannot be held accountable for his crimes in a US court of law. A president has absolute immunity.
Also The United States: Now watch us kidnap a president of a totally different country, to hold him accountable for his crimes… in a US court of law.
@randahl Well obviously one rule for the US and another for the rest of the world
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In that case, surely the President of the United States can be kidnapped, taken to another country, and be held accountable for his crimes in a court of law there.
@davidtheeviloverlord - watch Agent Orange take far fewer trips abroad. Just in case.
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The United States: Our president cannot be held accountable for his crimes in a US court of law. A president has absolute immunity.
Also The United States: Now watch us kidnap a president of a totally different country, to hold him accountable for his crimes… in a US court of law.
@randahl oh he won’t stop with Venezuela, the goal was easily accomplished. He’s got his piggy little eyes on the next country because he thinks they’ll all fall to a few hours on land and some air support. It’s how greedy people think, the absolute worst thing that can happen is a greedy person getting what they want with little effort.
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@randahl yes. Mind blowing. Absolutely maniacly lunatic. And the world is watching.
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@randahl oh he won’t stop with Venezuela, the goal was easily accomplished. He’s got his piggy little eyes on the next country because he thinks they’ll all fall to a few hours on land and some air support. It’s how greedy people think, the absolute worst thing that can happen is a greedy person getting what they want with little effort.
Today Venezuela, tomorrow Greenland and the whole American continent, Wednesday the world.
I'm really wondering what it's going to take for the rest of the world to wake up and treat the USA for what it is: Nazi Germany reborn.
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@randahl Yeah like c’mon hasn’t anybody ever heard of The Hague
"Yeah like c’mon hasn’t anybody ever heard of The Hague"
The Hague
Riiiiiight.So tell me...whose going to come and get him?
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Wait, they're going to sue the president of a country because his country has machine guns? Seriously?
They're going to need an extremely corrupt judge to make any of that stick.
@mcv @randahl @Paul_stilgar
"narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, possession of machine-guns and destructive devices, and conspiracy to possess machine-guns and destructive devices."Are they talking about Maduro or the CIA...?
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The United States: Our president cannot be held accountable for his crimes in a US court of law. A president has absolute immunity.
Also The United States: Now watch us kidnap a president of a totally different country, to hold him accountable for his crimes… in a US court of law.
@randahl all is fair in the "war on drugs." It's for the kids. Just ask Nancy.
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@randahl oh he won’t stop with Venezuela, the goal was easily accomplished. He’s got his piggy little eyes on the next country because he thinks they’ll all fall to a few hours on land and some air support. It’s how greedy people think, the absolute worst thing that can happen is a greedy person getting what they want with little effort.
@CatDragon
The Franco-Prussian war, 1870, misled the Germans regarding the nature of modern warfare, and this misunderstanding lead to the Great War 1914-1918.
Venazuela was not ready, and outmatched, as was the 2nd French Empire, and any opppsiyion has not had time to respond.
Denmark will not be, nor will Canada.
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The United States: Our president cannot be held accountable for his crimes in a US court of law. A president has absolute immunity.
Also The United States: Now watch us kidnap a president of a totally different country, to hold him accountable for his crimes… in a US court of law.
right after pardoning a different president who was convicted by a US jury of ... <checks notes> the same "offense"? make it make sense.
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@randahl
He wasn’t President, he lost, he just kept the title. Much like Putin. Venezuela was a mafia state under him.Trump being a dick is entirely separate, but don’t credit Maduro. If Trump did that to Putin I would applaud.
Why and how Trump did it is a grave concern, but Venezuela isn’t Greenland.
@taatm @randahl
"Here's the fucked part about the "Maduro is bad" discourse - when have we ever done a regime change operation that improved anyone's lives? When? Which time did we take out the "bad guy" and the people we were "liberating" were like "thank you Yankee swine; you saved us!" When has the general population of a country we regime changed thanked us for bombing them?"
-AnarchoNinaLet's ask the Iraqis or Afghans.
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The United States: Our president cannot be held accountable for his crimes in a US court of law. A president has absolute immunity.
Also The United States: Now watch us kidnap a president of a totally different country, to hold him accountable for his crimes… in a US court of law.
@randahl
Who would be on the jury? US citizens? My predication is that he will be released after some kind of deal is made.️
