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This is why China is making loud noises. It could impede the plan to eat Taiwan.

It sounds as though the OP is American. In advance of incapacitation it would be prudent to have a durable power of attorney under US law to handle any issues with US bank accounts, Social Security, etc. This is especially true if the wife is not used to handling administrative and legal matters.

I seem to remember that the Rome Treaty provides that the ICC intervenes when a country does not or cannot credibly investigate and prosecute a crime on its own. This should negate the objection of the Pentagon. Also, when a crime is committed on a territory that is party to the treaty, it's logical that it doesn't matter whether or not the country of the perpetrator has adhered to the treaty. Maybe the Pentagon's precedent issue arises from the fact that the Palestinians have joined the treaty, but Israel has not.

As for police, they have alternatives such as stun guns, which unfortunately some misuse and "accidentally" kill people. So theoretically police are equipped to handle demonstrations, while Rittenhouse was not. As for distant people joining the demo, that's different than counter demonstrators arriving with AR 15s. You have to take into account the egregious act which precipitated the demonstration, which naturally brought people from a distance. How many of them had AR 15s?

The trend in the US to militarize the police has certainly not set a good example. First, recruiting from ex-military, then giving the police used military equipment such as APCs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militarization_of_police It's not surprising that right-wing and reactionary citizens mimic police violence.

The US Army can't be too choosy about whom they recruit, and it showed in My Lai (Vietnam), besides Afghanistan.

It's not necessary to kill people in so-called self defense. Injuring would suffice. As others commented, if Rittenhouse had been black, even threatening to use a gun could have been a fatal mistake. As for your issue with state lines, I think that the point is that people showing up from outside the community, seemingly to suppress the locals, is not contributing to law and order, whatever they claim.

To the question of why didn't Rittenhouse just stay home, it goes to intent. It does look as though he wanted to pick a fight.

Why didn't this Rittenhouse just stay home? Just let the police and national guard handle it.

In a volatile situation it's provocative for somebody to show up in body armor with a weapon (as I remember the circumstances).

Impunity under state law is a good reason for having federal laws.

Victor Orban closed the university in Hungary started by Soros. Is that an anti-Semitic move or just reactionary? Orban also allowed China to set up a branch of Fudan University.

So perhaps mom can ask for a c-section at the point of viability. Then baby can get out of jail.

Citi sold their Thai retail operations to UOB last last year. https://www.citibank.co.th/en/personal-banking/online-services/faqs/

Citibank is closing retail branches as they switch to serving wealth customers in Asia. If you have an account here, you can send enough money for your entire visit, then withdraw at ATMs and avoid the 220 Baht charge

I have an Everyday Global account at HSBC Singapore. It has 12 currencies, but not Thai Baht. I used it in Japan - quite easy to withdraw at an ATM brand which is well distributed - no need to find an HSBC branch. I just topped up the Yen sub-account in Singapore as needed.

Obviously the fetus is an accessory.

About spelling, Americans like to use Z and Brits use S. Also the French use S.

Progressive students including Jewish ones are the people protesting Israel's apartheid. Have you heard of Jewish Voice for Peace? They are not advocating the end of Israel. They want Israel to respect international law and stop discrimination against Palestinians, and they support BDS. Concerning apartheid, consider the Wikipedia entry, in the section "International legal, political, and social uses of the term" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid "The South African experience has given rise to the term "apartheid" being used in a number of contexts other than the South African system of racial segregation. For example: The "crime of apartheid" is defined in international law, including in the 2007 law that created the International Criminal Court (ICC), which names it as a crime against humanity. Even before the creation of the ICC, the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid of the United Nations, which came into force in 1976, enshrined into law the "crime of apartheid."[256] The term apartheid has been adopted by Palestinian rights advocates and by leading Israeli and other human rights organizations, referring to occupation in the West Bank, legal treatment of illegal settlements and the West Bank barrier.[257][258][259][260] Within the pre-1967 Israeli borders, Palestinian rights advocates have raised concern over discriminatory housing planning against Palestinian citizens of Israel, likening it to racial segregation.[261]" While the Jewish people were present in Palestine in antiquity, so were others. It's not that Arab Israelis want to participate in oppression of fellow Palestinians, but they would like to have access to some of the many benefits that are reserved to army veterans.

Very sensible, even if it takes time for the world to arrive at this conslusion.

When talking about Greater Israel, have a look at the map in this Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_ancient_Israel_and_Judah If the West Bank and Golan is gobbled up, where will it end? Maybe someone else equated Israel with Putin's Russia, but I did not. However, due to the US Jackson-Vanik Amendment, a million Russian Jews emigrated to Israel. That's definitely changed Israel, maybe not for the good. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson–Vanik_amendment (see Effects - Soviet Union) People outside Israel may be oblivious of the unequal treatment afforded Arab citizens of Israel. It's very difficult for them to get building permits even to enlarge homes for a growing family. The reason is that permits are not managed by their community, but by regional authorities. https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/05/12/israel-discriminatory-land-policies-hem-palestinians https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/what-know-about-arab-citizens-israel Other discrimination keeps them from living in smaller Jewish towns. A progressive response: https://www.nif.org/stories/social-and-economic-justice/breakthrough-for-housing-rights-in-israeli-arab-towns/ As Palestinian Arabs (not including Druze) cannot serve in the army, they miss a lot of perks in education, etc, where service in the army is a prerequisite. Maybe this also applies to ultra Orthodox who choose not to serve in the army?? Israel's apartheid has its unique characteristics that distinguish it from the South African case, but how can Israel claim to be a democracy if the benefits are just for Jews? As for the BDS movement (boycott, divestment, sanctions) in the US, it and student organizations sympathethic to Palestinians are under attack by what is called lawfare. One pretext for forcing university administrations to ban activity on campuses is that Jewish students feel uncomfortable or threatened. As time goes on, this attempt to suppress political speech may be consistently rejected in the courts, as the premise of BDS gains currency and legitimacy in public discourse.

That's the most extreme version of Greater Israel.

With the help of Egypt, they turned Gaza into a prison.

The veto power has been so abused that it has rendered the UN useless in major conflicts, now with Ukraine. That's why the US and other countries have to institute sanctions independent of the UN. This will probably be the case for Israel as well.

You are right that the Palestinan issue and the two-state solution were not a campaign issue. The Israeli media tend to accept the police and army reports as true, i.e. that Palestinians killed were terrorists. After it came out that an old Palestinian lady hit by a bullet in her home was one of the body count, it would be "investigated". The example of how the high profile dealth of the journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was "investigated" by the army laid bare the quality of such investigations, as multiple independent international media exposed the truth Unfortunately for Israel, their local TV coverage thus tends to amplify the threat posed by ordinary Palestinians. After decades of media coverage of the occupation, this has driven public opinion ever further to the right. Outside Israel public consternation is slowly building against the occupation as settlements increase and the Israeli government passes increasingly oppressive laws violating international law. A proposed law would revoke Israeli citizenship of families of "terrorists". Current practice is to demolish their homes, a practice that amounts to collective punishment. Meanwhile, settlers are a daily threat to Palestinians, not to mention the increasingly frequent army raids. When the army stands around while setllers commit terrorist acts, what are the Palestinnian victims to do? There are significant protests in Israel these days about the Israeli government's plan to undermine the authority and independence of the Supreme court by giving the parliament, a/k/a Knesset the ability to override Supreme Court decisions by a simple majority vote. In addition, the appointment of jusdges would be made by the gevernment. The protestors are interested in how this would affect their rights, not how it could affect Palestinians who are really under threat by the proposed legislation mentioned above. In the end it will be widespread international recognition that Israel has become an apartheid state that will force Israelis to confront the truth and make a choice, just as South Africa did. It will not be surprising that the US will continue in denial to the last, just as happened in the South African case. The Arab states are mostly run by autocrats, some of whom live in fear of Iran, so they cooperate with Israel in this sphere. That does not extend to the dream of some people in Israel for a mass transfer of Palestinians to other Arab countries. The relationship advances of the Abraham Accords and previous non-public interactions could be set back if ultra Orthodox extremists commit especially serious crimes against the Islamic sites on the Temple Mount, for example. Maybe Israel needs better leaders, too.