𝔄 𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔭𝔦𝔢𝔠𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔢𝔰𝔢@lemmy.world to NonCredibleDefense@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoCurious.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1617arrow-down125
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minus-squareAsymptote@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·2 years agoHe didn’t make any distinction. He didn’t care.
minus-squareAsymptote@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·2 years agoIs bombing civilians a war crime?
minus-squarejrs100000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoTargeting civilians is a war crime, but targeting infrastructure and killing civilians in the process is not.
minus-squareAsymptote@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·2 years agoThe Allies went for the “Shock and Awe” bombings. Harris was most definitely guilty of war crimes. War crimes don’t count if you win though.
minus-squarejrs100000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoWhich crimes are those?
minus-square𝔄 𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔭𝔦𝔢𝔠𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔢𝔰𝔢@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI think the strategy was actually called “No, you!”
He didn’t make any distinction. He didn’t care.
Neither did his enemies.
Is bombing civilians a war crime?
Targeting civilians is a war crime, but targeting infrastructure and killing civilians in the process is not.
The Allies went for the “Shock and Awe” bombings. Harris was most definitely guilty of war crimes.
War crimes don’t count if you win though.
Which crimes are those?
I think the strategy was actually called “No, you!”