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> Attacking a hospital is a war crime, Strictly speaking, if people we don't like attack a hospital it's a war crime; if we do it, it's an accident. > so how
by pmachinery 6y ago
> Attacking a hospital is a war crime,
Strictly speaking, if people we don't like attack a hospital it's a war crime; if we do it, it's an accident.
> so how is it not terrorism?
Murdering civilians during a war is a war crime; that doesn't mean murder automatically equals terrorism outside of war.
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoCome on. Blowing up a hospital is a crime, and arguably terrorism. Disabling the hospital and systematically preventing it from treating patients is a lesser thing. But still arguably terrorism if done intentionally. And yes, it matters if an enemy or friend does it. That's so obvious to not merit discussion.
- pmachinery 6y agoHow is it "arguably terrorism" and not extortion?
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoBecause of the confusion, death and fear it creates. It's a hospital, remember?
- pmachinery 6y agoPerhaps you should remember your own argument, or at least decide what it is, before continuing with the condescending attitude. First it was terrorism because it's deliberate; now it's terrorism because it creates confusion, death and fear. Here's just one example that checks all those boxes and is, of course, not terrorism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercy_Hospital_shooting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercy_Hospital_shooting
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoIs this just pedantry? I'm making room for an interpretation, that's all. Hospitals are a special case. No reason to read any attitude into it. And no reason for a deliberately argumentative response.
- pmachinery 6y agoCome on. I already posted a link showing that hospitals are not a special case, remember? That's so obvious to not merit discussion.
- JoeAltmaier 6y ago...showing one emotionally distraught person is not a planned attack on an entire hospital. Please.
- NationalPark 6y agoThis is the accident the commenter is referring to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunduz_hospital_airstrike https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunduz_hospital_airstrike Note that Doctors Without Borders believes it was deliberate.