TehBamski@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 months agoWhy wasn't former President Bush of the USA, charged with any crimes, when we marched into Afghanistan and Iraq by his orders, under pretenses?message-squaremessage-square166fedilinkarrow-up1488arrow-down152
arrow-up1436arrow-down1message-squareWhy wasn't former President Bush of the USA, charged with any crimes, when we marched into Afghanistan and Iraq by his orders, under pretenses?TehBamski@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square166fedilink
minus-squareqyron@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·edit-210 months agoHow would that work? Wouldn’t that be an act of war unprovoked aggression per the UN charter?
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minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·10 months agoWell, you know, the US always considered the international treaties to be more akin to suggestions.
minus-squareCrabAndBroom@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·10 months agoI mean what are they gonna do, send them to the Hague?
minus-squareArbiter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·10 months agoYeah, it would be. It’s geopolitical dick wagging, not a law that was actually needed or does anything.
How would that work? Wouldn’t that be an act of
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Well, you know, the US always considered the international treaties to be more akin to suggestions.
I mean what are they gonna do, send them to the Hague?
Yeah, it would be.
It’s geopolitical dick wagging, not a law that was actually needed or does anything.