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Pompeo pulls visas for International Criminal Court officials targeting Americans...
washingtonexaminer. ^ | 3/15/2019 | Joel Gehrke

Posted on 03/17/2019 9:02:52 PM PDT by caww

International officials trying to prosecute American military personnel will not be allowed to enter the United States, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Friday.

“We are determined to protect the American, allied, and civilian personnel from living in fear of unjust prosecutions for actions taken to defend our great nation,” Pompeo told reporters at the State Department.

Pompeo’s decision puts personal pressure on the International Criminal Court, a European-based tribunal that is trying to investigate whether “war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed” since the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan. The top diplomat said that the court, which was established by a treaty that the United States voted against, is “attacking America’s rule of law” by second-guessing the government’s existing mechanisms for enforcing a “strict” code of conduct for U.S. troops.

The visa revocation is the latest clash between President Trump's team and the international court. ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda asked the tribunal in 2017 for the authority to launch an investigation into U.S. operations in Afghanistan. She wants to probe potential "war crimes" committed by American military personnel after the invasion, as well as CIA activities "in secret detention facilities in Afghanistan" and around the world. The ICC rejected Pompeo's rebuke.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2017; 201903; bensouda; eurabia; europeanunion; fatoubensouda; hague; icc; mikepompeo; nato; netherlands; ruleoflaw; sovereignity; thehague; tribunal
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1 posted on 03/17/2019 9:02:52 PM PDT by caww
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To: caww

Sounds like a Win


2 posted on 03/17/2019 9:06:16 PM PDT by easternsky
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To: easternsky

Paesano!!

Pompeo coming through big time!! :)


3 posted on 03/17/2019 9:08:40 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: caww

Good!


4 posted on 03/17/2019 9:11:49 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: caww

International Court officials trying to perform any act against an American should be subjected to criminal charges. Arrest should await any ever found on our soil ==ten years and then deportation—mandatory.


5 posted on 03/17/2019 9:14:41 PM PDT by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: caww

We are not under that treaty.

How could they expect to do anything here?


6 posted on 03/17/2019 9:18:12 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: KC Burke

Actually, if they tried to abduct you, you can shoot in self-defense.


7 posted on 03/17/2019 9:19:22 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: caww

I like it, but it’s not far enough.

These people are subject to ICC attacks when they are on foreign soil.

The ICC is an idea that should never have been seriously considered.

Thanks Bill. Thanks George.


8 posted on 03/17/2019 9:19:29 PM PDT by DoughtyOne
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To: caww

Another reason I voted for Trump!


9 posted on 03/17/2019 9:21:05 PM PDT by The Westerner (Protect the most vulnerable: get the government out of medicine, education and our forests!)
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10 posted on 03/17/2019 9:41:07 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (this tagline space is now available)
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To: SunkenCiv

Mike Pompeo for President in 2024!


11 posted on 03/17/2019 9:56:04 PM PDT by princess leah
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Maybe.

Maybe. He’s good with Trump, and very strong.

Not sure his connection with Koch is necessarily a good thing, but otherwise he’s quite strong, and seems somewhat interested.

Maybe.


12 posted on 03/17/2019 10:07:07 PM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: caww

Any American service personnel stationed, transiting, traveling or vacationing outside CONUS are at risk from these scumbags.

A very clear and unequivocal message needs to be sent and not just words spoken or written.


13 posted on 03/17/2019 10:10:20 PM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: princess leah

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article227693029.html

(Article on Pompeo, it’s interesting)


14 posted on 03/17/2019 10:14:03 PM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: princess leah
:^) He'll be running against either Biden (who'll be in the same shape as RBG is today) or Sanders (ditto), or Liz Warren. ;^)

15 posted on 03/17/2019 10:22:47 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (this tagline space is now available)
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To: caww

Good for Pompeo. The man is a great SOS.

Related:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3735175/posts


16 posted on 03/18/2019 2:42:44 AM PDT by upchuck (Home schooled kids are educated, not indoctrinated.)
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To: caww
win
ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda

A better "win" would be to have this jackass given the bin Laden treatment

18 posted on 03/18/2019 3:54:12 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: caww

If these commie bass turds set one foot in this country they should be arrested, tried and executed. Like illegal aliens, they are conducting an illegal assault on America and the American people.


19 posted on 03/18/2019 4:05:48 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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To: cba123
Maybe.

Maybe. He’s good with Trump, and very strong.

Not sure his connection with Koch is necessarily a good thing, but otherwise he’s quite strong, and seems somewhat interested.

Maybe.



20 posted on 03/18/2019 4:12:06 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Marxism: Trendy theory, wrong species)
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