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Pototan

(2,890 posts) Thu Oct 23, 2025, 10:45 PM 15 hrs ago

Duterte is in prison awaiting trial for the same crime Trump is committing

Rodrigo Duterte, the former President of the Philippines, is in prison at the ICC in the Hague for extra judicial killings of suspected drug dealers and users. The court has charged him for not following due process and crimes against humanity.

Trump is doing the same thing in the Western Hemisphere.

I now spend almost all of my time living in the Philippines as a permanent resident. I asked my adult nephew, while discussing this issue, "Who deserves due process?". His answer was spot on. "Everyone", he replied.

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Duterte is in prison awaiting trial for the same crime Trump is committing (Original Post) Pototan 15 hrs ago OP

Karma orangecrush 15 hrs ago #1

K&R UTUSN 14 hrs ago #2

The US is not a member of the ICC. Nt Fiendish Thingy 14 hrs ago #3

That does not excuse the actions Pototan 14 hrs ago #5

Key caveat. littlemissmartypants 13 hrs ago #6

Please read reply #5 Pototan 12 hrs ago #7

That's right ReRe 12 hrs ago #8

In a normal country, Traitor Trump and accomplices would be doing time in prison dalton99a 14 hrs ago #4

orangecrush

(27,094 posts)

1. Karma

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 10:55 PM

15 hrs ago

UTUSN

(76,105 posts)

2. K&R

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 11:03 PM

14 hrs ago

Fiendish Thingy

(21,106 posts)

3. The US is not a member of the ICC. Nt

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 11:30 PM

14 hrs ago

Pototan

(2,890 posts)

5. That does not excuse the actions

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #3)

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 11:54 PM

14 hrs ago

The Philippines also withdrew from the ICC prior to Duterte's arrest.

Israel and Russia are not, and never been, members of the ICC, yet Netanyahu and Putin still have warrants for their arrests by the ICC.

littlemissmartypants

(30,423 posts)

6. Key caveat.

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 24, 2025, 12:29 AM

13 hrs ago

Pototan

(2,890 posts)

7. Please read reply #5

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Reply #6)

Fri Oct 24, 2025, 01:06 AM

12 hrs ago

ReRe

(12,118 posts)

8. That's right

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 24, 2025, 01:47 AM

12 hrs ago

I learned that when the Press was raking GW over the coals for war atrocities in Iraq. George said "Nope, cause the US isn't a member of the ICC!"! Didn't seem right then and don't seem right now. So, any country who's not a member of the ICC can commit all the atrocities they want. I don't understand it.
Sure doesn't seem like justice to me. Are WE a rogue nation, then? How does one define a "rogue nation"?

dalton99a

(90,882 posts)

4. In a normal country, Traitor Trump and accomplices would be doing time in prison