[lotsofpulp]

>Imagine if that didn't exist? Biden visits Qatar and gets arrested for dis-respecting their leaders? I can see that all working out.

I do not have a problem with that. If you want to be part of the civilized world, you have to act civilized. And if Qatar wants to arrest Biden for disrespect, then either Qatar’s leaders will find out what the US spends its military funds on, or US taxpayers will find out how much of a waste all those aircraft carriers were.

[dvt]

This is a bad take, as it would make diplomacy a very precarious proposition (whereas its entire purpose is to be weak & non-committal). Diplomatic immunity is nothing new and in fact MBS doesn't even assert conduct-based immunity (he's using the even broader "head of state immunity").

[lotsofpulp]

Even if one side is using it to commit egregious criminal acts in the others’ country?

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46676200

I do not see how the people of the USA benefit from this arrangement.

[dvt]

> I do not see how the people of the USA benefit from this arrangement.

Because you're shortsighted in your hatred for MBS. MBS can be deposed and hung in a public square (along with the entire royal family) for all I care, but that doesn't mean immunity isn't an important diplomatic tool.

[2OEH8eoCRo0]

Iran

[HDThoreaun]

Almost as short sighted a take as Musk's views on free speech

[stepbeek]

Not sure that I prefer war to diplomatic immunity.