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What the Laws of War Allow

What the Laws of War Allow










War and International “Humanitarian” Law







Legalized Atrocity







Let’s be clear: what killed the civilians walking the streets of Baghdad that day in 2007 was not “war crimes,” but war.  And that holds for so many thousands of other Afghan and Iraqi civilians killed by drone strikesair strikesnight raids, convoys, and nervous checkpoint guards as well.

Regulatory Capture



This article reprinted from TomDispatch.com http://www.tomdispatch.co...

Chase Madar is an attorney in New York and a contributor to the London Review of Books, Le Monde diplomatique, The American Conservative, where he is a contributing editor, TomDispatch and CounterPunch. His new book The Passion of Bradley Manning, about WikiLeaks' alleged source inside the US military, is just out from OR Books.

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War itself is the crime,

War itself is the crime, perpetrated by pretend countries with pretend sovereignty who think killing is morally justified because the witchdoctor who rules the tribe on one side of the imaginary line disagrees with the witchdoctor who rules the tribe on the other side of the imaginary line.

There is a universal right and wrong and only individuals have rights. This world needs to grow the hell up and dismiss this childish notion of nations and states.

So let me get this straight.

Our guys over their trying to do their job are War Criminals? But the terrorist captured do not get an appropriate trial because they are sent to Guantanamo Bay. But they are indeed the reason why Our Military is conducting Combat operations because of there Crimes. One could argue Crimes against Humanity.

Just think over 70 years ago we conducted the most famous international trial of War Criminals, Prosecuted by all major Nations involved. All those accused had the best lawyers their country could offer. Proper representation and a fair trial conducted with professionalism.

Today we are fumbling with Federal Statutes and somehow manage to screw up the Criminal Justice System because of the word "terrorist". So it seems to me you need to kill millions of Jews in order to be given a proper and fair trial. Our nation couldn't conduct a Military Tribunal so what we can't prosecute we ship off to some prison instead of dealing with the problem. Sweeping it under the rug if you will.

I like how our guys are at fault for being handed a shitty unconventional combat situation and are expected to always come out justified and righteous. We tried something similar in Vietnam, but we never took over the entire country. A complete disaster and waste of life. We learned from our mistakes and now know to take the Country over before occupying the nation. Being a occupational force, you never know where when the next contact is always going o come from until it does. Technically you are living in fear. when the contact does come all the adrenaline and sensory deprivation and auditory exclusion may kick in at one time. What if you receive 5 or random contacts throughout the day and you experience a peak in each of those 5 to 6 times a day. not to mention the fact your central nervous system has a limit and a clock on it. It has a capacity and the "War on Terror" is a great way to destroy once coherent intelligent rational individuals.



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tears for the innocent

i sat and watched the wikileaks video with my 12 yr old son. I cried as I watched innocent human beings being gunned down by our military. I want my son to see and understand why I support Dr.Pauls message of nonintervention. if more americans saw what was being done in the name of our own "national security", they would never again support a politician who beats the drums of war. as much as it tore at my heart to watch the suffering of others, the world needs to see the truth. I pray for the peace of those affected by the actions of the U.S military. I say screw legality of war...we are murdering people


Killing people for THINGS

Killing people for THINGS (oil, money, etc)

It's sad that the few but corrupt in power place more value in materials than human life.

Chase, Great article!


Great article!

Thanks for a great article

Bradley Manning deserved a Nobel Peace Prize not war criminal Obama.

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Great post!

Great post!

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