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In reply to the discussion: If McCain is a Hero are the people we sent to Guantanamo Heroes too? [View all]treestar
(82,383 posts)5. McCain was in the military of his country fighting a war it was engaging in
And going after military targets generally, I would presume. The people at Guantanamo were planning to kill civilians in terrorist attacks.
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If McCain is a Hero are the people we sent to Guantanamo Heroes too? [View all]
Warren Stupidity
Jul 2015
OP
All soldiers are mostly victims of manipulative warmongers of various grades and motives and times.
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#1
nor would there have been one after WWII if Germany hadn't been forced into an unconditional
Warren Stupidity
Jul 2015
#19
You'd be wrong. My Lai and similar massacres were most certainly war crimes.
riderinthestorm
Jul 2015
#29
See my #36, civilians dying collaterally in a military attack is not a war crime. nt
stevenleser
Jul 2015
#39
The intention of much of the air war was to demoralize the civilian population.
Warren Stupidity
Jul 2015
#43
So now "demoralizing" is a war crime. Well a lot of folks have committed war crimes on me during my
stevenleser
Jul 2015
#48
no Steven, blowing up villagers to demoralize the survivors is a war crime.
Warren Stupidity
Jul 2015
#52
Neither of us lived through World War I or the civil war either. Can we not have opinions about
stevenleser
Jul 2015
#54
Crimes against peace are an international crime and were one of the charges in Nuremberg.
redgreenandblue
Jul 2015
#49
Attacks against Al Qaeda and ISIS would not be crimes against peace. They have attacked us and other
stevenleser
Jul 2015
#50
That person and others here would agree with that. Problem is, international law does not agree.
stevenleser
Jul 2015
#46
yes absolutely. The drone war which indiscriminately targets civilians as long as the alleged
Warren Stupidity
Jul 2015
#53
Correct. And the UN has ruled on this kind of stuff. They issued a statement after shock and awe
stevenleser
Jul 2015
#40
No we hung them for being war criminals and committing war crimes. Their defense didn't work.
stevenleser
Jul 2015
#35
We committed war crimes in WWII - the fire bombing of Dresden, Tokyo and the nuking of
Warren Stupidity
Jul 2015
#20
No, it would not qualify as a war crime. Shock and awe was not a war crime either. Folks wrote
stevenleser
Jul 2015
#36
That is a fair point. I can't say for sure I would have done the same thing. I like to think I would
stevenleser
Jul 2015
#37
And the US doesn't plan on giving most of the prisoners at Guantanamo trials,
KitSileya
Jul 2015
#68
You can be a heroic POW but being a POW does not automatically make you a hero
CBGLuthier
Jul 2015
#45