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Genocide isn't the issue though RB, I honestly hope you don't think that I'm somehow allowing for it. This particular treaty however isn't about genocide. There are already many instances of international law, more importantly genocide, that we have signed accords too.
I don't equate a Marine shooting an illegal combatant as genocide, nor do I consider it a war crime. It might be immoral, it could be illegal in some other sense has held by our own laws. All I'm saying is that There are already things in place within our own structure and concept of law, one that I have way more confidence in than some international constant.
This is ultimately an issue of politics and relinquishing of sovereignity. I think it is something we will have to agree to disagree about though. I love my country, it's the best country on the face of the planet, the best country to ever exist. It is part of my identity, and like those before me, I would die to preserve it. I find it saddening you to don't love your country or what it stands for.
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