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Originally posted by deltaboy
This time they decided to fire a hellfire on a group of people just digging a hole behind the van. It could be that the van is stuck or something.
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Legal Dictionary Main Entry: war crime Function: noun : an act committed usually during an international war for which individual criminal liability will be imposed by a domestic or international tribunal; specifically : a violation of the laws or customs of war as embodied or recognized by international treaty, court decisions, or established practice —usually used in pl.
Originally posted by Stewie
reply to post by Skippy1138
I will fill in for the OP.
I would define a "war crime" this way.
1. You are committing a war crime if you are fighting for a paycheck and nothing else that you can clearly define. In other words, you are paid to go, so you go and kill people.
2. You are committing a war crime if you cannot define the enemy. In other words, you fire your weapons, and you cannot say whom you killed, or why. You are told what to say.
3. You are committing a war crime if you know you are doing wrong, but you don't much care. After all, you are a criminal, why should you?
I think that pretty much sums up the U.S. military in this day and age.