Comment on Why wasn't former President Bush of the USA, charged with any crimes, when we marched into Afghanistan and Iraq by his orders, under pretenses?

• merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Sometimes, sometimes it isn’t. Specifically what would you have charged him with, and what evidence would have convicted him?

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  • dudinax@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Crimes against the peace. The evidence is he started a war in Iraq. It’s not complicated.

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    • merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yes, it is. Merely starting a war isn’t justification for prosecution in the ICC. That’s not how the laws work.

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• RandomlyAssigned@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  There is no such thing as international law despite what you’ve heard

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  • dudinax@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    There’s laws written, courts. They’ve arrested people, tried them, and punished the convicted. You can call it whatever dumb word you want to call it.

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