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Unless I'm mistaken, that's logistics and support, and not very many of them anyway.
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It doesn't matter how strong, or otherwise the dutch army is. It wouldn't be their fight. As the ICC is run by the UN, the UN would take responsibilty for it. I don't even know how I got into this, because, if the US army wanted to break out a US prisoner, I doubt many countries would be able to stop them. And it is not just about sheer power, it is the about how tactics and methods of the Special Forces, that would deal with it.
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It would be their fight as it would be a military operation in Holland the moment they leave the premises of the ICC, just as much as the Brits would be in trouble with Dutch authorities if they attacked the US embassy in The Hague. I'm sure the Dutch government (or any government) has an obligation to protect the places like embassies or UN buildings against raids, so it would be their fight.
Regarding your last point, I agree, but thing is, the US have passed this law which says they could invade.
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Everyone kept talking about NATO, but I just wanted to say, that the ICC, is a UN court, and both countries are UN countries as well as NATO countries, so the UN would supercede NATO anyway.
Edit: You said before that the Dutch wouldn't take it lying down; But i'd doubt they even care, so long as no Dutch people/property got harmed in the breakout. As far as I always thought, the ICC, like the headquarters are UN buildings, and UN responsiblity. They just have to be in a country. In this case Holland or the US.
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Why would the UN supercede NATO? It would still be a military action by the US within Holland against an official body which the Dutch government/army should protect.
As for your edit: I can assure you they would care. I should know. I am Dutch
But, I agree that the whole thing is a bit academic, as I don't see it happening.
