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Bush-era Law Authorizes U.S. to Free Netanyahu if Detained by ICC
Breitbart ^ | 05/20/2024 | JOEL B. POLLAK

Posted on 05/20/2024 11:01:03 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

A law signed by President George W. Bush in 2002 the American Servicemembers’ Protection Act (ASPA), bars the United States from cooperating with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in pursuing warrants against Israel.

Moreover, the law gives authority to the president “to use all means necessary and appropriate to bring about the release of any person … who is being detained or imprisoned by, on behalf of, or at the request of the International Criminal Court.”

That provision applies to American personnel as well as to Israelis, and other close U.S. allies.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bush; detained; icc; netanyahu
Looks like Bush 43 did something right
1 posted on 05/20/2024 11:01:03 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Good luck relying on the current junta doing anything. Israel should take the whole farce out.


2 posted on 05/20/2024 11:02:26 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Brandon's pronouns: Xi/Hur)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’m sure if Bibi is convicted, Biden will be all over it...

Right...


3 posted on 05/20/2024 11:02:31 AM PDT by Herodes
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“Looks like Bush 43 did something right”

I was told a story that Bill Clinton in 2004 was in Spain and his plane was briefly detained when the ICC tried to hold him for a war crimes investigation about Yugoslavia.

Bush 43 chatted with Spain through diplomatic channels and at the same time was getting the military assets in place to go rescue Clinton.

Wise people in Spain decided that the ICC wasn’t their problem and they let Clinton and his plane depart.

Again, this is a story and nothing I can confirm.


4 posted on 05/20/2024 11:09:41 AM PDT by MeganC (Ruzzians aren't people. )
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To: MeganC

Interesting


5 posted on 05/20/2024 11:10:30 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Detained by the ICC?

The IDF wouldn't let them anywhere near him.

6 posted on 05/20/2024 11:19:50 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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Joe don't need no stinkin laws

7 posted on 05/20/2024 11:33:47 AM PDT by SJackson (There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies, and that is fighting without them Churchill)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

An air attack on the Kangaroo court would be awesome to watch.


8 posted on 05/20/2024 11:35:39 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (When did WE decide to make America a UN 5-Star Asylum Paradise for Socialist losers?)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It should be interesting to see how Israel reacts if the UN tries to arrest and detain him.


9 posted on 05/20/2024 11:36:24 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: Psalm 73
"Detained by the ICC?"

I wonder what kind of enforcement entity the ICC has for warrants for arrest? I doubt their enforcement includes SEALs, Delta, Rangers or other exspec-ops. Maybe some ex-CIA field operatives. I'm to lazy to search and don't really care since our guys would make their guys look like Boy Scouts if our guys were activated. Of course that's a big IF under Biden, being a big NWO supporter.

10 posted on 05/20/2024 11:42:17 AM PDT by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021? )
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To: ChicagoConservative27
The International Criminal Court, Hague, NL


11 posted on 05/20/2024 11:45:44 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: A Navy Vet

Spent some time in Israel with the IDF - they are not to be trifled with.


12 posted on 05/20/2024 12:22:21 PM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: A Navy Vet

“I wonder what kind of enforcement entity the ICC has for warrants for arrest”

I believe every country in the EU would have to turn over to the ICC any person the ICC has issued an arrest warrant for.

The ICC might also have EU countries impound vessels and aircraft used to transport weapons to Israel.

The Knesset needs to pass laws against potential judicial criminals before they try to overreach.


13 posted on 05/20/2024 12:36:52 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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"I believe every country in the EU would have to turn over to the ICC any person the ICC has issued an arrest warrant for. The ICC might also have EU countries impound vessels and aircraft used to transport weapons to Israel."

Again, what kind of enforcement entity does the ICC have to enforce its warrants? As for the EU, it is falling apart, especially with some participants getting fed up with their own emigration policies. While England has officially pulled out of the EU, it's too late for their culture/society. Germany, France, and some smaller nations are experiencing the same cultural death. Hell, we're encountering it in a couple of our own States.

Diversity is turning out to be a suicide policy. That's why Japan and some other nations have laws/policies against mass emigration.

14 posted on 05/20/2024 1:05:23 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021? )
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To: ChicagoConservative27
"That provision applies to American personnel as well as to Israelis, and other close U.S. allies."


15 posted on 05/20/2024 1:57:24 PM PDT by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

USA would never recognize ICC as we would have too many of our own boys strung up in kangaroo courts.


16 posted on 05/21/2024 1:28:05 PM PDT by KingofZion
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