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I guess he finally snapped (infosec.pub)

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[–] timewarp@lemmy.world 19 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

Can America say war crimes. You can't pardon war crimes can you?

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 28 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Like Americans are ever tried for war crimes

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 21 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

We literally have a law that says we'll invade if people try. It's fucking stupid.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 hours ago

indeed, colloquially know as the Hague Invasion Act, also supported by then Senator Biden

https://www.hrw.org/news/2002/08/03/us-hague-invasion-act-becomes-law

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 5 points 14 hours ago

Meh, war crimes mean nothing over here. How many years have we been talking about Warcrimes, and violations of international law. It does not count, only disfavored poor nations' leaders face these. There's a good chance they will assassinate some of the ICC people before this is over.

[–] procrastitron@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago

I don’t think it’s ever been tested*, but arguably no, the president can’t pardon war crimes.

They can only pardon “offenses against the United States”.

A war crime isn’t just an offense against the United States but also a violation of international law.

So, a future administration could try to go after these people for the international law violations.

As others have noted, the chances of that actually happening are nil.

*Trump has pardoned war crimes, but no one has yet tried going after the war criminals for the international law violations they committed.

[–] rwrwefwef@sh.itjust.works 3 points 13 hours ago

Nuremberg, or the Hague, tries for warcrimes. One reason American foreign policy is so aggressive is because, generally, anything they do outside the US territory is considered legal. There's one law for Americans, and none for all the rest.