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War Crimes Seem to Be Official US Policy Now
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#32This thread will get flagged and disappear, probably because at least someone in HN leadership realises just how bad this reflects on the USA and its people. But people in the USA should realise this: An entire generation is growing up now, who hate, dislike or at least distrust the USA. Where I have the feeling the US will come to its senses, eventually, hopefully; my children tell me that they and all their classma…
"An entire generation is growing up now, who hate, dislike or at least distrust the USA." Same as it always was.
I guarantee you it isn't the same. Even anti-atlantists here were more 'we should imitate them' than 'we should fight against their culture'. Nowadays even my very Catholic, very right wing, very pro-Bush/Irak war family is quite cross with the US.
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#33The US certainly has a mixed track record here. But the culture of lawlessness in this administration is hard to overstate. Every crime committed by this regime is followed by a "what about" argument from a pundit, citing an example where someone in time, committed a vaguely similar offense. But no regime in US history did so many crimes so often. This is historically corrupt and criminal; everything else is disingen…
> But no regime in US history did so many crimes so often.
Native Americans would beg to differ, as would formerly enslaved people. Both historical injustices and the ongoing suffering of people abroad unfortunately feel distant to many, so the cruelty becomes abstract, and to some, unreal.
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#34It's called war crime only if you lost
And it's only called pedophilia if convicted
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#35Why in the world is this flagged?
Just guessing, but I assume because it’s arguably off-topic as defined by the HN guidelines. I don’t think it should be flagged, though.
“Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, or celebrities, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.”
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#36If I am not mistaken, it is not a war crime as per the Geneva Convention. It could be a war crime under Additional Protocol I (1977) or the Rome Statute (1998) but the US hasn't ratified these. It clearly is a last choice reaction by the US, and it's better than the alternative of carpet bombing. Tell me, why is it legal for Iran to bomb oil tankers of other countries?
Do you not see the difference between controlling territorial waters and bombing civilian water infrastructure
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#37This thread will get flagged and disappear, probably because at least someone in HN leadership realises just how bad this reflects on the USA and its people. But people in the USA should realise this: An entire generation is growing up now, who hate, dislike or at least distrust the USA. Where I have the feeling the US will come to its senses, eventually, hopefully; my children tell me that they and all their classma…
Rome (US) will always have its critics.
It’s our job to make sure they don’t have any power.
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> The human rights abuses committed by the Islamic Republic regime
What about the human rights abuses by the democratic regime of ISUS? Do we deserve some war crimes too?
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
Remember when America firebombed civilians during World War Two?
Quick question, who were the aggressors in that war? What had they done previously that might have warranted it?
The aggressors not being the targets of the firebombing is central to the concerns here. They weren't military targets (largely).