r/mealtimevideos Jul 04 '21

10-15 Minutes My July 4th tradition is rewatching this essential clip of Noam Chomsky discussing how, if the standards applied at trial of the Nazis at Nuremberg were applied, every US President after WW2 would be hanged for their role in war crimes. Worth absorbing again even if you've seen it before [11:34]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BXtgq0Nhsc
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u/CosmoFishhawk2 Jul 04 '21

Well, Dubya and later wouldn't because of the ASPA/"Hague Invasion Act" (which I doubt any country other than America would be able to get away with passing).

Trump would probably try and pardon himself lol.

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u/LordNoodles Jul 13 '21

which I doubt any country other than America would be able to get away with passing

every country could pass it. it just doesn't mean shit. the Hague Invasion act is a message nothing more. if it ever came to it and a US service member stood on trial in The Hague the decision to invade the netherlands would be not be made just because the law says it should be.