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Not trolling. Reality. So you claim that power plants and bridges and the like were not targeted during World War 2 and essentially every combat since then? President Trump is not "targeting civilians" despite the ridiculous claims here. Funny how the actual war crimes (using human shields and such) committed by our enemies are never brought up. Just the USA and Israel.
Not trolling. Reality. So you claim that power plants and bridges and the like were not targeted during World War 2 and essentially every combat since then? President Trump is not "targeting civilians" despite the ridiculous claims here. Funny how the actual war crimes (using human shields and such) committed by our enemies are never brought up. Just the USA and Israel.
The United States and its allies participated in a number of war crimes during World War 2. The biggest one that I recall is the firebombing of Tokyo.
Most actions that occur during war time can be classified as crimes just depending upon who wins and writes the history books.
In this particular case the current conflict was started by the US and Israel. If we were to destroy civilian infrastructure that took out water desalination plants that caused mass migration and deaths due to dehydration, that would be classified as a war crime.
I’m not sure how you could disagree with that assessment.
In 1945, there was no specific international treaty explicitly prohibiting the aerial bombardment of civilians in the same way as land or naval warfare. Allied leaders justified the raids by noting that Japanese industry was dispersed among residential neighborhoods.
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The United States and its allies participated in a number of war crimes during World War 2. The biggest one that I recall is the firebombing of Tokyo.
Most actions that occur during war time can be classified as crimes just depending upon who wins and writes the history books.
In this particular case the current conflict was started by the US and Israel. If we were to destroy civilian infrastructure that took out water desalination plants that caused mass migration and deaths due to dehydration, that would be classified as a war crime.
I’m not sure how you could disagree with that assessment.
In 1945, there was no specific international treaty explicitly prohibiting the aerial bombardment of civilians in the same way as land or naval warfare. Allied leaders justified the raids by noting that Japanese industry was dispersed among residential neighborhoods.
So if we firebombed Tehran today it would be a war crime but not during World War 2 simply because it wasn’t classified that way. That’s a bit of moral relativism for you.
pxmcc is right. No need to add the US to the list of war criminals.
P.S. The strikes conducted by the USAAF on the night of 9–10 March 1945, codenamed Operation Meetinghouse, constitute the single most destructive aerial bombing raid in human history. Sixteen square miles (41 km2; 10,000 acres) of central Tokyo was destroyed, leaving an estimated 100,000 civilians dead and over one million homeless.
I would also recommend the Documentary “The Fog of War”. A 2003 academy award winning documentary film on Robert McNamara. Many people don’t know of McNamara’s involvement in the Pacific theater during WW2 specifically advising General Curtis Lemay on the most effective way to utilize the B-29 to incinerate Japanese cities and Japanese civilians.
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What one can criticize is that the human race prior to that time — and today — has not really grappled with what are, I’ll call it, “the rules of war.” Was there a rule then that said you shouldn’t bomb, shouldn’t kill, shouldn’t burn to death 100,000 civilians in one night?
LeMay said, “If we’d lost the war, we’d all have been prosecuted as war criminals.” And I think he’s right. He, and I’d say I, were behaving as war criminals. LeMay recognized that what he was doing would be thought immoral if his side had lost. But what makes it immoral if you lose and not immoral if you win?
what kind of weapons does Iran have that can take out an A-10? those things are practically flying tanks..
If an elephant can be taken with a .22LR, than it isn't beyond the realm of possibility to knock one out of the sky.
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with the number of shorties over Iran 2 or 3 = we own the air space
That F15 and a few other aircraft are the tax we pay to make a claim like that.
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Don't see anything about the subject of this thread in that pic.
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The above nails it perfectly. And no, the USA is not committing "war crimes", no matter what the lefties here squawk about. While remaining silent on the actual crimes committed by Iran. Stage 4 TDS running rampant.
