The United States see’s itself as the “world policeman” and will not let anyone get in its way.
Sadly there is nothing any other country can do, and this is where the common joke of the UN being absolutely useless comes from. Plus even if the United States is unable to stop a process, it simply doesn’t care. For example in Guatemala v United States, in the International Court of Justice, the UN found that the US’ arming of the fascist death squads “Contras” in Guatemala to be illegal, and that they were to cease immediately and pay reparations to Guatemala for the hundreds of thousands murdered by the Contras and their CIA handlers.
The US’ response?
“Get bent”
Or, in 2001, there was significant uproar in the UN over American war crimes in Iraq, and the fact that the Iraq war was unjustified and not authorized by the Security Council. The US responded by passing the “Hague Invasion Act” which I shit you not, quite literally says that the US will declare war on the Netherlands and send US armed forces to occupy the Hague, if American personnel are tried or extradited for war crimes by the International Court.
What the fuck… I have no idea how we’d be able to combat this. This information just kind of validates my fear of being direct neighbours to the US. At this point I think the American population would have to do something dramatic domestically if this is going to change…
The United States see’s itself as the “world policeman” and will not let anyone get in its way.
Sadly there is nothing any other country can do, and this is where the common joke of the UN being absolutely useless comes from. Plus even if the United States is unable to stop a process, it simply doesn’t care. For example in Guatemala v United States, in the International Court of Justice, the UN found that the US’ arming of the fascist death squads “Contras” in Guatemala to be illegal, and that they were to cease immediately and pay reparations to Guatemala for the hundreds of thousands murdered by the Contras and their CIA handlers.
The US’ response?
“Get bent”
Or, in 2001, there was significant uproar in the UN over American war crimes in Iraq, and the fact that the Iraq war was unjustified and not authorized by the Security Council. The US responded by passing the “Hague Invasion Act” which I shit you not, quite literally says that the US will declare war on the Netherlands and send US armed forces to occupy the Hague, if American personnel are tried or extradited for war crimes by the International Court.
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What the fuck… I have no idea how we’d be able to combat this. This information just kind of validates my fear of being direct neighbours to the US. At this point I think the American population would have to do something dramatic domestically if this is going to change…