• BlameThePeacock
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    2 months ago

    Shouldn’t they charge themselves with genocide first?

    The US killed more than half a million civilians in the middle east in retaliation for 9/11

    Did everyone forget this? Or does it just not count when it’s the US that does it.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Not every war crime is a genocide.

      But yeah, I think all the US presidents during my lifetime have committed war crimes, and they should all be held accountable.

      But indiscriminate killing of civilians isn’t a genocide even if it’s undeniably heinous