• zib@kbin.melroy.org
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      5 months ago

      Agreed. I know it’s purely wishful thinking, but I dream of a day that our government can be somehow held accountable for war crimes, so that they might actually stop committing them.

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      5 months ago

      I do too, but don’t get too excited. At the rate the ICC works, it could take them years to hold trial.

      The upside is that this could prompt Biden to mandate the State Department perform a reassessment. Leahy Law can’t be supported by outside intelligence unsubstantiated by the State Department. Once he has a conclusive report, it doesn’t matter what congressional legislation states.