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In reply to the discussion: Straight up or down: Do you support U.S. strikes against Assad's forces in Syria? [View all]Lionel Mandrake
(4,077 posts)or more technically, crimes against peace. Waging war against a nation that has not threatened you in any way is a crime against peace. This was one of the four main charges against the top Nazis at the Nuremberg trials.
Hitler et al. were certainly guilty for the attack on Poland. Stalin et al. were equally guilty, but as victors they were never tried. Originally they had been allied with Hitler (via the so-called non-aggression pact), but were stabbed in the back before they got a chance to stab the Nazis in the back. After June 1941, the dirty commies became our gallant allies. This cynical about-face lasted until 1945. But i digress.
W et al. were guilty for the attack on Iraq. Saddam Hussein, you will recall, was a very bad person who had used gas on some of his own people. Sound familiar?
I hate to see Obama threatening to follow in W's footsteps on this.