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US Congress threatens ICC with sanctions – via rt.com
House Republicans are reportedly working on a bill to sanction the International Criminal Court, after its top prosecutor sought the arrest of both Israeli and Hamas leaders in connection with the Gaza conflict.
Of course! If there’s anything really annoying to murderer’s with their wars, it’s having any bit of sanity pop up to stop the murders and annihilation of countries and innocents. Death and destruction must continue at all costs. It’s the way of the U.S. government, along with most of Europe, and Canada.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, called the ICC move “disgraceful” and “lawless.”
Well said, Mikey…well said. I mean calling out for the arrest of insane and murderous leaders is totally lawless – everybody knows that. The wars and killings must continue at all costs and we must label any attempt to stop them as lawless. It’s what the American people expect.
But fear not, House Republicans put on their Big Boy pants and got to business to put a stop to this travesty.
Michael McCaul, the Texas Republican who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told Axios on Monday that a bill to sanction the court is already being drafted, based on the February 2023 bill introduced by Senator Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican.
Cotton was among the dozen senators who wrote to Khan earlier this month, reminding the ICC prosecutor that the US has a law on the books allowing “all means necessary and appropriate” to defend any Americans – or allies – sought by the court. The 2002 law was nicknamed the “Hague Invasion Act.”
In other words, what we’ve done to other countries, we’ll do to your puny organization post-haste.
Slow-boy Joey stumbled out from this mid morning nap and threw down some strong pipe, penned by an 18-year-old intern at the White House…
“The ICC prosecutor’s application for arrest warrants against Israeli leaders is outrageous,” US President Joe Biden said in a written statement. “And let me be clear: whatever this prosecutor might imply, there is no equivalence – none – between Israel and Hamas. We will always stand with Israel against threats to its security.”
Of course if you don’t agree with these blood thirsty lunatics, that just indicates your mind is probably fucked up beyond repair, you’re in need of strong chemical intervention, should be brought immediately up-to-date with all stabbies and should be arrested and not even allowed consensual or unwanted sex with inmates at the prison you’ll rot in the rest of your life.
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Today’s musical offering:
We’ve Only Just Begun – cover – featuring Tori Holub
(what a voice!)
Dispatches from the Asylum 