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How the fuck is Putin supposed to be a “war criminal”? (hexbear.net)
submitted 1 month ago by LibsEatPoop@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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Like? Is anyone who starts a war a “war criminal” now?

If it’s because Russia’s killed civilians (whether intentionally or just because they didn’t care enough in pursuit of their military objectives), then, like, isn’t basically every Western leader + Biden a “war criminal”? How would you ever create a standard that could include him but not others?

And if they are all “war criminals” then why would you support one over the other? I don’t get this conversation.

And even if you had to, like, in what world would it make sense to think that Putin is worse than Netanyahu or the Western leaders who arm and support him?

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[–] EmoThugInMyPhase@hexbear.net 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Well his spies claim that he blew up the apartment complex that was the precursor to the chechen wars. And then they got assassinated. You probably don’t waste manpower and high profile weapons on somebody who’s telling lies. Still,

I believe the US walked back all claims on war criminality and genocide because that causes them to define what it is, which makes their own government liable. The same thing happened with China. Biden or some speaker would make epic speeches condemning China’s genocide or recognizing Taiwan, only for a less high profile white house memo is released saying there is no genocide and there is only one china, the PRC.