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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I brought is up because I am unsure where the line of genocide is especially since wars that involve the US tend to have loads of civilian deaths.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The US does a lot of war crimes. They've just been historically more powerful than the people who prosecute war crimes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

They also aren't a member of many international legal bodies and thus do not consider themselves bound by international law. Frustratingly, they are basically right - international law is opt-in.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Over 100,000 civilians died in Iraq and Afghanistan during "the war on terror".

That's worth it because of 9/11 tho /s