EezyvilleIn fiery speech to Congress, Netanyahu vows 'total victory' in Gaza and denounces U.S. protesters
shalafiWhy are we allowing this man to address Congress? And why did anyone show up?
ganksyRepublicans
And Democrats
Not as many
And isn’t there an arrest warrant for him? Oh right:
Netanyahu’s visit comes two months after the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, announced he was seeking an arrest warrant for Netanyahu.
Netanyahu Heads to Washington to Address Congress Despite ICC Arrest Warrant for Gaza Genocide
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is heading to Washington, where he will address a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday. Dozens of Democratic lawmakers plan to boycott the speech. Netanyahu’s visit comes two months after the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, announced he was seeking an arrest warrant for Netanyahu. The Center for Constitutional Rights has urged the Justice Department to investigate Netanyahu for genocide, war crimes and torture.
FenrirIIIThe US doesn’t respect the ICC’s authority anyway.
If we did we’d have to start handing over politicians lol
Which is not a bad thing at all. Do the crime do the time. Am I right?
You’re absolutely right. However, when it comes to American foreign politics, glaring hypocrisy is not a bug, it’s a feature.
Only when you’re poor and especially when you’re black
What’s the downside?
Just that they have to decide to hand themselves over and that seems unlikely.
Right. Not just that, USA is allowed to _ invade the Netherlands, where The Hague is located, to protect American officials and military personnel from prosecution or rescue them from custody._
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Protection_Act
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Protection_Act
Half of them were fucking clapping. It’s surreal.
Because his crimes against humanity feed the military industrial complex, to which both major parties are subservient.
Ding ding ding
over a hundred Democrat congresspeople boycotted the speech. The republicans had their staff sit in to make the crowd look full
Yup, shoulda sat in, then up and left when he started his speech.
They had so many absentees they needed Elon Musk to fill up the benches. Which is when you know it is bad.