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> Innocent people being killed can sometimes totally be consistent with the rules of war. The US attacks people and countries without declaring war. If anyone
by lostlogin 1y ago
> Innocent people being killed can sometimes totally be consistent with the rules of war.
The US attacks people and countries without declaring war.
If anyone did this to the US, can you imagine the butt-hurt response?
- theoreticalmal 1y agoThe majority of the West has implicitly or explicitly ceded their national defense and warfighting capabilities to the USA. The comparison between USA and “other countries” isn’t really valid, as the situations are vastly different
- jampekka 1y agoWhat does that mean? That USA is somehow killing people all around the world as a puppet or Iceland or something?
- lostlogin 1y agoUS exceptionalism doesn’t make killing ok.
- AlecSchueler 1y agoThe West isn't the world, though. China could start taking out random boats next week.
- bawolff 1y ago> The US attacks people and countries without declaring war. Declaring a war stopped being a thing after world war 2. Not just for usa but for everyone. In modern times a decleration of war has no meaning in international law. It only has meaning in domestic law. I think the reason is that the UN charter makes it illegal to fight a war except in self-defense. In modern times declerations of war have generally been replaced with sending a notice to the un security council that you intend to use your right to self defense. I dont know about this particular situation but i think a lot of the time historically the US has followed that procedure.