from ukrainian territory to russian territory. the kidnapping of children, which is a crime long damned by the geneva convention. but again, to be clear, and your legal experience really matters here, because you have a long association with war crimes investigations, putin cannot be tried in absentia by the icc, can he? no. he literally. he physically has to be in their hands. the united nations general assembly could set up a court to try him in absentia for the crime of aggression, but the icc itself has to confine itself to war crimes and can use the doctrine of command responsibility, which obliges him on knowing of war crimes and he s seen them, as buildings are bombed by his own forces to investigate and to prosecute, and, of course, he s been entirely insouciant about the crimes committed
we should say that at this stage, karim khan, the chief prosecutor at the icc, has chosen to specify the crime, which concerns the transfer and deportation of thousands of children from ukrainian territory to russian territory. the kidnapping of children, which is a crime long damned by the geneva convention. but again, to be clear, and your legal experience really matters here, because you have a long association with war crimes investigations, putin cannot be tried in absentia by the icc, can he? no. he literally. he physically has to be in their hands. the united nations general assembly could set up a court to try him in absentia for the crime of aggression, but the icc itself has to confine itself to war crimes and can use the doctrine of command responsibility, which obliges him on knowing of war crimes
which is a crime long damned by the geneva convention. but again, to be clear, and your legal experience really matters here, because you have a long association with war crimes investigations, putin cannot be tried in absentia by the icc, can he? no. he literally. he physically has to be in their hands. the united nations general assembly could set up a court to try him in absentia for the crime of aggression, but the icc itself has to confine itself to war crimes and can use the doctrine of command responsibility, which obliges him on knowing of war crimes and he s seen them, as buildings are bombed by his own forces to investigate and to prosecute, and, of course, he s been entirely insouciant about the crimes committed by his own forces, which he knows well about. so, for those reasons, and there are more indictments coming for killing civilians, children, in those bombings,
and that and on the military side roughly 60 billion. we ve till got some run to go there. but runway to go there. but i think we need to keep that commitment. and the truth is the russian army is being chewed up by the ukrainians. we spent $800 billion a year on defense most of my lifetime to prevent russia from exploiting that. we re having the ukrainians do that right now, in a sense, for us. i think we need to continue that. i think you will see the vast majority of members of congress in both parties, there s some loud mouths on both sides that are pulling back. but if we re going to keep in this competition existence russia and china, putin cannot be successful. and at the same time we have to realize as we look at china that national security is no longer simply tanks and trucks and guns and ships. s the also telecom and a.i. and quantum computing and advanced sin met thetic biology. we re going to have to the make investments in those des moines.
and that and on the military side roughly 60 billion. we ve till got some run to go there. but runway to go there. but i think we need to keep that commitment. and the truth is the russian army is being chewed up by the ukrainians. we spent $800 billion a year on defense most of my lifetime to prevent russia from exploiting that. we re having the ukrainians do that right now, in a sense, for us. i think we need to continue that. i think you will see the vast majority of members of congress in both parties, there s some loud mouths on both sides that are pulling back. but if we re going to keep in this competition existence russia and china, putin cannot be successful. and at the same time we have to realize as we look at china that national security is no longer simply tanks and trucks and guns and ships. s the also telecom and a.i. and quantum computing and advanced sin met thetic biology. we re going to have to the make investments in those des moines.