• Mirshe@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Trump did this last term too, we killed their intelligence chief when he landed for peace talks with Iraq.

    This is a war crime, BTW. Attacking someone under a perceived state of truce or ceasefire is called “perfidy”.

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      2 months ago

      War crimes don’t mean anything. It is a cudgel the victor uses to do more damage after they win.

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        2 months ago

        disagree. What Israel did to the palestinians has meaning and is legally defined globally as war crimes. I am not willing to say those laws and global agreements have no real meaning.

        • Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          2 months ago

          I hate to disagree, but laws and rules have no actual meaning if there isn’t an enforcement mechanism. Considering how long Israel and the US have been committing war crimes without even the lightest of punishment for those in charge, whatever enforcement is in place is obviously insufficient.