Could the U.S. Military Capture Putin and Send Him to the Hague?

[pxmcc]

after seeing how the special operation to capture Maduro was executed-i admit to being impressed in that aspect although i have questions about its legality-i'm wondering if Putin could be similarly captured, (and thus prosecuted for war crimes.) the case for his removal is far stronger than for Maduro's imo.

obviously, the price for a failed operation would be much higher. as Yoda would say, "there is no try.."

does this operation give thugs like Putin pause? it would be great if it could lead to better behavior, but i sincerely doubt that.

so, couple of questions:

probability of success?

price of failure?

any scenario where this would be worth trying?

what about executing a surprise arrest during an official meeting on U.S. soil? that would certainly be easier than trying to storm the citadel with the Delta Force.

Xi Jinping would learn that the U.S. can't be trusted, but my thought would be, who cares? Putin is singularly awful, and has a legitimate active arrest warrant for war crimes at the Hague the legal basis of which is beyond question.

we couldn't and wouldn't do the same to him because he does not have an outstanding warrant, for one thing.

any thoughts?

[ICU 812]

I don't know about the US actually doing that, but way back last year, he would only meet with President Trump on US soil in Alaska.

He was more comfortable with that than meeting in Switzerland, which is a neutral country . . . .because several European nations would have arrested and tried him for war crimes.

Today, after the Venezuela action, I don't think Putin would come here for a sit-down.

[RX792P]

Agree it's a good discussion.

But Trump doesn't have a real grudge against Putin and has been taken in by his lies way to often. Trump has no motivation to 'arrest' Putin.

Putin's arrest warrant ('indictment') was issued by the International Criminal Court, not a United States court.

Perhaps more importantly, United States, Russia, China, India, and Israel, along with many others like Pakistan, Turkey, Indonesia, and several Middle Eastern nations (e.g., Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt) are not parties to the International Criminal Court.

[Brot]

The other side of that coin. Could China swoop in, capture and replace Lai Ching-Te or even better to some liberal kooks, Trump.

[CG2014]

To answer the question

Could the U.S. Military Capture Putin and Send Him to the Hague?

No, the USA does not recognize the ICC nor is a member of the ICC.

[Yssup Rider]

OK, could they get someone else to drop him off?

[Precious_b]

Originally Posted by CG2014

To answer the question




No, the USA does not recognize the ICC nor is a member of the ICC.

Good point. But it did this in regard to prosecution of US military members and such. *BUT* it has helped them since getting out.

[pxmcc]

Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

OK, could they get someone else to drop him off?

right lol..

since when is Trump concerned about legal niceties..

i say we grab 'em (by his imperial **$$y) and drop him off at the Hague. they'll know what to do with him..

[ICU 812]

Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

OK, could they get someone else to drop him off?

Well probably, but I think the there already are folks who would do that without any prompting of help from the US. There is some hacker in a Ukrainian basement who would fly a drone up his @$$ if given the chance.

They managed to get semi truck loads of drones into Russia last year. They will try it again or something like that. We might give them the Where//when on Putin, but those folks would kill him outright if they could.

[ICU 812]

Back when . . .the Israelis forcibly "extradited without authorization" the Nazi Adolph Eichman tfrom Argentina o Israel, put him on trial and executed him . . .so it can be done and it has happened.

[RX792P]

Originally Posted by ICU 812

Back when . . .the Israelis forcibly "extradited without authorization" the Nazi Adolph Eichman tfrom Argentina o Israel, put him on trial and executed him . . .so it can be done and it has happened.

Not sure if relevant...Eichmann was not a sitting head of state (elected or otherwise) or even a previous head of state.


While Noriega was de facto head of state, he never officially served as president of Panama.