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Re:The Pentagon Is Spending Up To $2.2B on Soviet-Style Arms... by Swizec on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @12:30PM (#15239885)
> He literally admitted to a war crime, and nothing happened.

I thought the idea was that you call them terrorists specifically so that they’re not official enemy combatants and the Geneva convention doesn’t apply?

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Re:The Pentagon Is Spending Up To $2.2B on Soviet-Style Arms... by ep103 on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @02:20PM (#15241062)
He got away with it for a lot of reasons, ranging from issues with the term War Crime, to the fact that the US doesn't support the ICC, to the fact that he was a VP, etc, etc. I'm not surprised he avoided prison; rather, I was saddened by the lack of complete moral outrage after he made such a statement.
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Re:The Pentagon Is Spending Up To $2.2B on Soviet-Style Arms... by pm90 on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @12:40PM (#15239982)
No, its because it was terrorists that caused 9/11. So, you could justify anything if you just said: we're doing it because they're "terrorists".
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