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Trump says US may strike Iran’s Kharg Island oil export hub ‘just for fun’
(www.theguardian.com)
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He'd flee to Russia or Saudi Arabia before seeing any jail time in the US -- not that I expect any of those outcomes. Just as a point of interest: Idi Amin lived the remainder of his syphilis-ridden life in Saudi Arabia after he was deposed in Uganda.
That was a long time ago. The current trend is to imprison corrupt dictators, if they last that long, and if some Putz doesn't come along and pardon them.
The current trend is to let them keep golfing and selling their merch.
Nope.
Key Imprisoned or Recently Convicted Leaders
Imran Khan: The former Prime Minister of Pakistan is currently imprisoned on convictions related to corruption and leaking state secrets. Najib Razak: The former Malaysian Prime Minister is serving a 12-year sentence for corruption related to the 1MDB scandal. Park Geun-hye: The former South Korean President served five years of a 24-year sentence for bribery and abuse of power before being pardoned, according to The Week and The Guardian. Lee Myung-bak: Another former South Korean President, sentenced to 17 years for embezzlement and bribery, later pardoned, as reported by Al Jazeera and Time Magazine. Jacob Zuma: The former South African President was sentenced to 15 months for contempt of court, notes Johnson County Library. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner: Former Argentine President/Vice President was sentenced in 2022 to six years for fraud, according to Johnson County Library. Omar Hassan al-Bashir: Former President of Sudan, jailed for corruption, notes Time Magazine. Nicolas Sarkozy: The former French President was convicted of corruption and influence peddling, receiving a sentence in 2021 that included time served under house arrest, according to PBS and Time Magazine. Jacques Chirac: Former French president who in 2011, was convicted of corruption and handed a two-year suspended jail sentence, as reported by Al Jazeera.
Context on Prosecutions
Global Trend: Data from Axios shows that since 2000, leaders in at least 78 countries have been jailed or prosecuted, including many in democracies. Common Charges: Most convictions stem from corruption, bribery, fraud, or abuse of power.
So the global trend is prosecution, often followed by prison. Only in America do we let traitors and pedophiles walk free.