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The US does not have thousands of people vulnerable for war crimes. All of America’s foreign wars have been aided by allies that subject to the ICC. They used

The US does not have thousands of people vulnerable for war crimes. All of America’s foreign wars have been aided by allies that subject to the ICC. They used the same tactics. Where are all those indictments. NATO + Australia, Japan, and South Korea wouldn’t do anything about normal levels of civilian casualties caused by war. Or else they’ll be next since they’ve done the same things and will again. Like it or not, accidentally bombing an Afghan wedding because your intelligence was faulty isn’t a war crime.

darksaints 6y ago
Depending on how aggressively you want to pursue the war crimes charges, every single member of the 1st brigade, 24th infantry division during the 1991 highway of death could potentially be found guilty of war crimes. They probably wouldn't be pursued because they were just following orders, but there's an actual precedent that disfavors that defense. Actively killing a retreating or disarmed military force is a big no-no, and it has nothing to do with accidental deaths or collateral damage. That's possibly a few thousand just from a single incident in the first gulf war, mind you. Even if you only prosecuted the officers involved, that is still at least 100. It's pretty easy to imagine the number hitting the thousands, when you add up all the wars and all of the behavior we have excused.
- fit2rule 6y ago
  There are far, far worse war crimes on the table for American forces to answer for. Americans need to answer these questions before they consider their nationalist self-righteousness over this issue: a) what was done to Mosul in 2015 by American forces and their allies (CJTF–OIR)? b) what was done to Raqqa in 2017 by the same entities?
fit2rule 6y ago
Iraq lost 5% of its population. 37 million refugees from America's wars. And now, Americans supporting genocide in Yemen. This is NOT just about a wedding getting bombed. The order of magnitude of the USA's crimes is much, much worse than Americans are trained to think. https://www.psr.org/blog/resource/body-count/ https://www.psr.org/blog/resource/body-count/ Australia won't do anything because Australia is a captured war-fighter state, and its forces answer to the sovereign, not the Australian people. This is why the ADF is so key to US' war plans - it can get away with things Americans cannot.

darksaints 6y ago

Depending on how aggressively you want to pursue the war crimes charges, every single member of the 1st brigade, 24th infantry division during the 1991 highway of death could potentially be found guilty of war crimes. They probably wouldn't be pursued because they were just following orders, but there's an actual precedent that disfavors that defense. Actively killing a retreating or disarmed military force is a big no-no, and it has nothing to do with accidental deaths or collateral damage. That's possibly a few thousand just from a single incident in the first gulf war, mind you. Even if you only prosecuted the officers involved, that is still at least 100. It's pretty easy to imagine the number hitting the thousands, when you add up all the wars and all of the behavior we have excused.

fit2rule 6y ago
There are far, far worse war crimes on the table for American forces to answer for. Americans need to answer these questions before they consider their nationalist self-righteousness over this issue: a) what was done to Mosul in 2015 by American forces and their allies (CJTF–OIR)? b) what was done to Raqqa in 2017 by the same entities?

fit2rule 6y ago

Iraq lost 5% of its population. 37 million refugees from America's wars. And now, Americans supporting genocide in Yemen. This is NOT just about a wedding getting bombed. The order of magnitude of the USA's crimes is much, much worse than Americans are trained to think. https://www.psr.org/blog/resource/body-count/ https://www.psr.org/blog/resource/body-count/ Australia won't do anything because Australia is a captured war-fighter state, and its forces answer to the sovereign, not the Australian people. This is why the ADF is so key to US' war plans - it can get away with things Americans cannot.