House passes GOP bill to sanction ICC as it seeks arrest warrant for Netanyahu

Vote Blue no matter who!
- Probably still better than the fascist GOP alternatives though
- Yes. By all means primary one of those democrats who voted for this out if you can, but if you got to the general election and the choice was between a pro Israel Republican and pro Israel Democrat, it would still be way better to pick the dem.
  100% of house Republicans voted for this, while only 20% of house Democrats did. Right now the Republicans control what bills come to the floor for a vote since they have a majority. If Democrats had the majority and controlled the speakership, this bill never would have even come up for a vote in the first place since so few in their caucus support it overall. A pro Israel dem is not ideal, but at least helps ensure the 100% pro Israel (and a bajillion other reasons for being horrible besides this issue) Republicans don't control the agenda for what bills come up in the house and senate.
- I think you skipped US Government 101. In this country, if you're not voting blue, you're voting red.
Let me tell you how absolutely "shocked" I am to see Wasserman Schultz on the list of dems that voted for this. /s
None of them from my state...cuz I live in mfing Utah and I'm sure the entire Congressional delegation would happily write messages on IGF bombs.

imagine sanctioning the ICC but not Netanyahu. Evil

- Supporting a racist apartheid regime commiting genocide is evil. Supporting an end to the apartheid and equal rights is not.
- Netanyahu isnt Israel. At least put some effort into your bullshit propaganda.
When they over use sanctions they’ll become meaningless

This is how it looks like to be in the wrong side of history.

We are the Baddies

We're learning in real time that the ICC and UN are great tools, until they disagree with you, at which point they can be ignored and even threatened.

Khan (ICC Chief Prosecutor) told CNN that an unnamed official had told him the ICC was “built for Africa and for thugs like Putin”.
Source (timestamped: 19:00) https://youtu.be/6BquEw4kNNE?si=xA2MKh03QAXkENvG&t=1140
- Which shows that this "unnamed official" was dumb as fuck and didn't do his homework.
- It's good to see someone in such a high position standing for human values, even though the sanctions are likely going to fuck him.
What exactly makes you think they were ever great tools?
The US has never cared about the ICJ and ICC and they refused to sign onto the treaty. Same as Russia, India, and China. The US doesn't "use" the icc. They just recognize it exists and sometimes will comply to request of non-us citizens.

Rules for thee, not for me.

Literally not the case here. The US has always said that they would refuse the ICC request for American Citizens and refuses to participate in the treaty of the Roman Statue. China, Russia, India, and several other counties have done the same

The Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act, led by Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy, would require mandatory sanctions and visa restrictions on any foreign person working or providing funds for the ICC in prosecutions against the U.S., Israel or any other U.S. ally that is not party to the ICC.

Oh no, anything but that.

"you've seen our war crimes, now you're no longer welcome here"
As if you'd go be a tourist in a country, just after you've seen solders of said country commit, or politicians and citizens actively defend war crimes. Plenty of pretty cool other things to see.
How does that work, exactly? Half the world countries are members of the ICC, and therefore, provide funding for it.

Way to take decisive action on important issues.

If only this convinced skeptics in the EU that we need to further integrate our Union and stand stronger against this bullshit from the USA

I guess I’m gonna have to start practicing a New Zealand accent so I can travel in peace. G’day, mate! Wait, no. That’s wrong.

Is there a Duolingo for picking up an accent? Or maybe I can do something else. How much Buckfast do I need to drink before I sound Scottish?

US citizens were pretending to be Canadians back in the day
- Funny. As Canadians, we say we're Americans when we do stupid shit abroad.

Meamwhile ICC has arrest warrant for Putin. Those reps are honorable members of United Russia.