Alvecia wrote:Crockerland wrote:If they engage in hostility against us by illegally arresting US troops, we can invoke article 5 against them. Them being a member of NATO themselves doesn't give them any special privilege.
It's illegal to be gay in Afghanistan, doesn't mean gay US soldiers get arrested if they go there. This is not how the law works.
Yet a crime committed by a tourist in a foreign country can get them arrested, even if said thing is not illegal in their home country. See PDA in the UAE.
So there is at least some degree of jurisdictional crossover. Unless visiting troops get diplomatic immunity, I don't actually know.
Invading troops largely get to ignore the local laws by virtue of being an army and able to kill the local law enforcement if necessary.