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• JohnS commented on Roll the dice
  Robert van der Heide @ 1642: I wonder why they went to Interpol - this sounds more like the ICJ’s area of authority. Just a SWAG, but I think the U.S. recognizes "Interpol", but not the "ICJ". If Interpol presents the warrant to the FBI, the U.S. government has to respond, even if that response is only a diplomatically worded "Tell them to go fuck themselves." The U.S. would just ignore the "ICJ" like it wasn't even there, so they went with the organization the U.S. would have to respond to....
• Scott Sanford commented on Roll the dice
  I wonder why they went to Interpol - this sounds more like the ICJ’s area of authority. JBS has a good point; the ICJ is a part of the UN and the United Nations is not trusted by the Reich wing of American politics. On the nitpicking hand, the ICJ addresses disputes between nations [wiki]. Murder is a criminal charge so Iran is reporting it to the International Police organization. Given that the accused is currently holding political office, Interpol has declined to take any actions. Article 3 of their charter says "It is strictly forbidden for the Organization to...
• Greg Tingey commented on Roll the dice
  Rocky Tom That's bullshit, I'm afraid. The tax paid wil be to one country or another, you can't evade that one ......
• Robert Prior commented on Roll the dice
  The US has form for ignoring the ICJ — winning a case against them there doesn't actually win you anything, so trying to do so seems wasted effort....
• Autarch commented on Roll the dice
  Worst case scenario: we hit swine flu in 2021 with Trump in his second term ordering USAF air strikes on foreign vaccine factories world-wide. That's disturbingly plausible!...