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US sanctions force The Netherlands off Microsoft and toward alternative NixOS

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MadrasThorn · 1790684474 · focus · HN ↗
Trump attacking the Netherlands means transatlanticism is really dead.
I think this has a lot to do with how the case against Putin was built and Trump used his influence to disrupt it.
1. ParentiSoundSys · 1790685876 · focus · HN ↗
  It's because the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu for committing war crimes.
  1. jonnybgood · 1790686583 · focus · HN ↗
    The US had issue with the ICC since it first began in 2002. Multiple administrations saw it as a problem.
    sickofparadox · 1790687436 · focus · HN ↗
    The year the ICC was established, Congress passed a law providing enduring authorization for a full scale military invasion of the Netherlands should the ICC imprison any US service member, government employee, or those of allied nations (including Israel).[1] It even prevents any level of the US government (local, state, or federal) from working to assist the ICC. Americans do not want to be beholden to a foreign court.
    [1]<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Protection_Act" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Pr...

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