Higira t1_jd4w0wj wrote on March 21, 2023 at 9:15 PM

Reply to comment by TogepiMain in 'I killed a man today': Russian Klim Kerzhaev soldier accused of war crimes in absentia after audio files intercepted | CNN by Viagra_Was_My_Idea

USA would like a word with you https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_war_crimes

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_convicted_war_criminals

TerryWogansBum t1_jd6lwrt wrote on March 22, 2023 at 5:16 AM

The US does it selectively. They literally sanction outside parties even looking into their war crimes. The war crimes the US acticevely punishes to a decent extent are convenient ones. My Lai? Couple of years house arrest for ONE guy. Abu Gharib? Extremely light sentences. Eddie Gallagher? Presidential pardon.

If you'd ever seen the aftermath of what they did at My Lai that "punishment" should sicken you. Hundreds of children raped and mutilated. An entire village massacred out of sheer bloodlust. And a couple of years house arrest (which caused outrage among the US populace, not the leniency but that any punishment happened at all)

TogepiMain t1_jd7qbgj wrote on March 22, 2023 at 1:18 PM

Oh wow, cool, now do the list of War crimes we haven't convicted their perpetrators for.

Also, oh look, I can use Wikipedia too https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members'_Protection_Act

Yeah, I got real honest, good intentions from the Hague Invasion Act, definitely definitely not a thing we signed instead of joining the international criminal court, conveniently right after 9/11?