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> making it easier for journalists, courts, and researchers to connect commanders to their subordinates’ actions. We all know that G.W. Bush and Tony Blair wer
by paganel 2y ago
> making it easier for journalists, courts, and researchers to connect commanders to their subordinates’ actions.
We all know that G.W. Bush and Tony Blair were at the top of their countries' chains of command during the illegal invasion of Iraq and yet, here we are, they're free of any International Penal Court meddling. Which is to say that maybe these guys and ladies here should focus their "desire for war-justice" a little bit closer to home.
Of course, an organization (the Security Force Monitor mentioned in the article) that literally receives money from George Soros through his Open Society Foundations [1] would never go after its own Western leaders, but it's good to at least have that written down on the internet, like in this comment.
[1] https://securityforcemonitor.org/about/ https://securityforcemonitor.org/about/
- wbl 2y agoWhen we found out that soldiers in Iraq were mistreating prisoners we put them all on trial and gave the guy who said this wasn't right a medal. What the Burmese military does to maintain its sixty year old dictatorship is wanton murder of civilians.
- ceejayoz 2y agoAnd then we did this. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/27/eddie-gallagher-trump-navy-seal-iraq https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/27/eddie-gallag...
- mschuster91 2y ago> When we found out that soldiers in Iraq were mistreating prisoners We didn't "find out", some media and/or Wikileaks got evidence. And the consequences were not even close to harsh enough - each and every instance of war crimes should have led to a thorough cleanup and massive sentences for everyone involved, especially for everyone who tried to cover it up.
- no_exit 2y ago> we put them all on trial All the mooks, maybe.