• GBU_28@lemm.ee
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        5 months ago

        You drug it into this.

        To be clear, discussing the Vietnam war is just fine, and more than that, important. But this isnt that.

        Edit a distinct thread on such a topic is welcome and appropriate.

        • Jake Farm@sopuli.xyz
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          5 months ago

          I brought is up because I am unsure where the line of genocide is especially since wars that involve the US tend to have loads of civilian deaths.

          • XIIIesq@lemmy.world
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            5 months ago

            Over 100,000 civilians died in Iraq and Afghanistan during “the war on terror”.

            That’s worth it because of 9/11 tho /s

          • Maven (famous)@lemmy.zip
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            5 months ago

            The US does a lot of war crimes. They’ve just been historically more powerful than the people who prosecute war crimes.

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              They also aren’t a member of many international legal bodies and thus do not consider themselves bound by international law. Frustratingly, they are basically right - international law is opt-in.