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Re:Hackers 'led warplanes to Syrian hospital' after targetin... by WHoWHo on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @06:43AM (#16636876)
Like the US is carrying out repeated war crimes and the West does nothing - or the "East" for that matter. If something goes to court in the US if it even does, punishment is light [2] and pushed down to the lowest levels (Lynndie England got 2 years [1]). Or pushed by the president (Drone kills without a declaration of war).

If you have nuclear weapons and a large defence budget, you can do whatever you like to other countries.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisone...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre#Officers

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Re:Hackers 'led warplanes to Syrian hospital' after targetin... by icebraining on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @06:52AM (#16636925)
Drone kills without a declaration of war

That's not a war crime in itself.

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Re:Hackers 'led warplanes to Syrian hospital' after targetin... by chopin on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @08:23AM (#16637399)
Last I checked waging war without declaring one is a war crime.
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Re:Hackers 'led warplanes to Syrian hospital' after targetin... by icebraining on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @08:34AM (#16637470)
Can you check again? Where is that defined as a war crime?
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Re:Hackers 'led warplanes to Syrian hospital' after targetin... by yorwba on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @10:39AM (#16638351)
The Hague Convention: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_Relative_to_the_Ope...
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Re:Hackers 'led warplanes to Syrian hospital' after targetin... by icebraining on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @11:11AM (#16638674)
That only applies to hostilities between the Contracting Parties; most of the drone strikes haven't even been against other countries, but independent militarized groups.
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Re:Hackers 'led warplanes to Syrian hospital' after targetin... by WHoWHo on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @11:44AM (#16639089)
It's always good when you write the rules.
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Re:Hackers 'led warplanes to Syrian hospital' after targetin... by chopin on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @12:00PM (#16639291)
The US and Pakistan are Contracting Parties. Carrying out drone strikes against citizens of one of those parties constitutes hostility against that nation in my book. I'd wager to say that if Pakistan would carry out drone strikes on US soil, the US would count that as an act of war on the side of Pakistan.
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Re:Hackers 'led warplanes to Syrian hospital' after targetin... by WHoWHo on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @12:14PM (#16639497)
Exactly. What would happen if Turkey kills Gülen with a drone strike in the US? Or China kills Falun Gong followers with drones in the US? I'm rather sure US would not follow their own line on drone strikes.
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Re:Hackers 'led warplanes to Syrian hospital' after targetin... by fdsak on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @07:03AM (#16636978)
That's not a war crime in itself.

Do you want to be get hurt by it ? I am not suggesting, but that is still killing and trespassing international boundaries .

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