Thread: War Crimes?
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Old 04-24-2003, 01:06 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Even if the USA had signed in the ICC american war criminals would have only been brought befor it, if the US refuses to do so.
So if soldier x has done some crimes and is punished in the US he don't has to be afraid of the ICC.

What kind of crimes?

- shooting of civillians, there are a couple of incidents that require a closer investigation

- shooting of the palestine hotel, someone made a terrible mistake, the hotel is known, for years, that it is the "journalists hotel". seems that someone forgot that -> also closer investigation

- looting of the museum, the occuping force has to protect the cultural sites of the nation. the usa was able to protect certain other buildings (Oil ministry....) inside baghdad. a single tank or maybe a humvee would have been enough.

oh, and in germany schroeder could be sued for the support of an aggresive war (a let bombers fly over germany) since that is against our Constitution

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I can't think of any other crimes here... Besides, if you look at the big picture, it's obvious that potential US warcrimes are nothing compared to Iraqi warcrimes, for example.
True, but that doesn't matter, one atrocity does not justify another.
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