• Arghblarg@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    And conveniently the US does not recognize the ICC and even has a law requiring them to invade the Hague if a US official or military officer is ever detained for trial there.

    Almost like they’ve always been afraid of war crimes laws actually applying to them…

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      Almost like they’ve always been afraid of war crimes laws actually applying to them…

      Well, they did aet up the Nuremberg Trails and lots of what the prosecutors wanted to go after the Nazis for was taken off the table as the US Generals reminded them that was also the tactics of allies.

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        And remember how the guy who lead the My Lai Massacre got house arrest? (But only after documents on the case were leaked.)