In a weird trivial twist, Mamdani was less than 2000 
s away from being able to say that he had a larger base of support than Netanyahu.
This was obvious and predictable. Clearly he only said he would arrest him because it played well with his base.
I feel like this is the Turkification of the USA. The ruling class here has determined that criticizing the entity is okay, so long as the money and supplies keep flowing, just like in Turkey and so many other nearby countries. Greater Israel is already here and it's most of the planet.
This is also, by the way, another extremely embarrassing L for democratic socialists. The NYPD breaks its own laws every day in a city filled with cameras, but I guess they can't break the law when it comes to Adolph Hitler. And Maduro is still in solitary.
It’s not a question of breaking the law or not, it’s, how do you get him to the Hague? Feds control the airports and seaports, so they’re not going to let him get extradited. They could try him in a local court, but it would get quickly appealed to the federal level and it would get ruled as being something outside of a local court’s jurisdiction. The only path would be a kangaroo court and then summarily execute him, and the fall out from that would be, catastrophic.
This is something that goes beyond law to, political power comes out of the barrel of a gun.
This is something that goes beyond law to, political power comes out of the barrel of a gun.
Agreed. As to your other points: it doesn't matter. Humiliate him. Throw him in jail. Throw the book at him. Do every last thing you can to make his visit miserable, even if he gets out eventually. Piss off his bodyguards. Drive a wedge between different factions of the bourgeoisie: few Americans are interested in having Netanyahu visit the USA, especially since he is widely viewed as responsible for the catastrophe in Iran. Socialists should not hide their cowardice behind bourgeois laws.
I get what you’re saying, make a display of treating him like common criminal scum. But there’s no telling if him then getting released after all that makes it look like a toothless spectacle.
I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
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