Why hasn't the US ever been punished for war crimes?
- Thread starter Ronald_Baker
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Sir, come on; we can at least be civilized about all this.
Here:
"If the US keeps killing people overseas, why doesn't the world stop them?"
"The USA still thinks they are top dog and can do what they want. The USA are sh*t. And every advanced country knows about it. However seeing that the USA are they still spend the most on planes , subs , boats and all the rest , they seem to be very insecure. Well who can blame them . They did were attacked over 70 years ago in some sh*t hole called pearl harbour and never have forgotten about it . Never mind about killing many people when they dropped atom bombs on Japan. It's all called about trade . The USA can kill millions of people but if you want to trade with killers, money is what it is all about. Prove me wrong people from the USA.
- Rob Schmidt, former Technical Officer at Telstra (1972-2010)
If the US keeps killing people overseas, why doesn't the world stop them?
From 1901? C'mon dude, contemporize. The idea of what a war crime is didn't even start to get codified until 1899. And the order to kill everyone over 10 wasn't across the whole of the Philippines, it was on Samar.
Prior to 1899 there were only two individuals ever charged and convicted with some kind of war crime. Peter von Hagenbach, a knight of the Holy Roman Empire in 1474 and Henry Wirz who was tried and convicted over the appalling conditions of Andersonville Prison in the US in 1865.
Bombing of Iran Air Flight 655... or are you going to tell me that this is a long time ago?
Been done sort of. But as Hoid mentioned already, individuals more so than entire countries are tried for war crimes.
I have another suggestion; quit sniffing glue.