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you are saying that US military leaders should have served time too?
by readonthegoapp 3y ago
you are saying that US military leaders should have served time too?
- ekianjo 3y agoIf we were serious about crimes against civilians, much certainly so but we all know this is just a big farce to make revenge look defensible
- hef19898 3y agoIn just and fair world, yes. In the real world we live in, not so much. Examples of action nobody was tried for, Axis or Allies: Strategic terror bombing of civilians and civilian infrastructure, unrestricted submarine warfare.
- eyelidlessness 3y agoI can’t say whether they should have, but I can say that part of the reason international law is a joke among friends is that it was designed such that this would be the question. The US committed atrocities in the war, and it also took extreme measures in the war which shouldn’t be judged as harshly. But we don’t have a meaningful framework to reconcile those because reconciling them is intentionally excluded from the framework.
- winrid 3y agoThat wasn't my intent. You mean the US submarine commanders? Probably not, no..