@return2ozma to politics • 4 months agoU.S. charges Hamas leaders with terrorism in connection with Oct. 7 attackswww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square5arrow-up18arrow-down15cross-posted to: world
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-5•4 months agoShouldn’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.
minus-square@givesomefuckslinkEnglish7•4 months agoNot 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
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.
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