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Like the US is carrying out repeated war crimes and the West does nothing - or the "East" for that matter. If something goes to court in the US if it even does,
by WHoWHo 9y ago
Like the US is carrying out repeated war crimes and the West does nothing - or the "East" for that matter. If something goes to court in the US if it even does, punishment is light [2] and pushed down to the lowest levels (Lynndie England got 2 years [1]). Or pushed by the president (Drone kills without a declaration of war).
If you have nuclear weapons and a large defence budget, you can do whatever you like to other countries.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse#Convictions_of_soldiers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisone...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre#Officers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre#Officers
- icebraining 9y agoDrone kills without a declaration of war That's not a war crime in itself.
- fdsak 9y agoThat's not a war crime in itself. Do you want to be get hurt by it ? I am not suggesting, but that is still killing and trespassing international boundaries .
- chopin 9y agoLast I checked waging war without declaring one is a war crime.
- icebraining 9y agoCan you check again? Where is that defined as a war crime?
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- yorwba 9y agoThe Hague Convention: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_Relative_to_the_Opening_of_Hostilities#Hague_Convention_of_1907 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_Relative_to_the_Ope...
- icebraining 9y agoThat only applies to hostilities between the Contracting Parties; most of the drone strikes haven't even been against other countries, but independent militarized groups.
- WHoWHo 9y agoIt's always good when you write the rules.
- chopin 9y agoThe US and Pakistan are Contracting Parties. Carrying out drone strikes against citizens of one of those parties constitutes hostility against that nation in my book. I'd wager to say that if Pakistan would carry out drone strikes on US soil, the US would count that as an act of war on the side of Pakistan.
- WHoWHo 9y agoExactly. What would happen if Turkey kills Gülen with a drone strike in the US? Or China kills Falun Gong followers with drones in the US? I'm rather sure US would not follow their own line on drone strikes.