*** Official Politics Shitposting Thread ***

[OngBonga]

Blair and Bush are war criminals for what they did to Iraq. That said, Saddam was a world class piece of shit and if we're going to fuck world leaders up the arse like that, he's a good one to start with. If only there was oil in Zimbabwe.

If anyone thinks the world would be a better place with Saddam still alive, watch him take power...

[Poopadoop]

Blair and Bush are war criminals for what they did to Iraq.

Only if you consider an unprovoked invasion of a sovereign nation a war crime.

That said, Saddam was a world class piece of shit and if we're going to fuck world leaders up the arse like that, he's a good one to start with.

The problem is they didn't just fuck a world leader, they fucked the whole country he was sitting on top of.

[OngBonga]

And you only entered the war when someone launched one of those pre-emptive strikes you've since become so fond of. Obviously they saw a threat and acted on it, but I don't remember anyone congratulating Japan for Pearl Harbor and saying it was all good.

Gotta intervene here, too. America's attacks are a lot different to Japan's, in the sense America give warning first. As daft as that might sound, what Japan did was a war crime because they didn't declare war, they gave no notice of their intentions, and so everyone who was attacked was deemed a non-combatant. That charge held up in international courts.

[Poopadoop]

Gotta intervene here, too. America's attacks are a lot different to Japan's, in the sense America give warning first. As daft as that might sound, what Japan did was a war crime because they didn't declare war, they gave no notice of their intentions, and so everyone who was attacked was deemed a non-combatant. That charge held up in international courts.

haha, saying 'i'm gonna kill you' is not a defense for murder, sorry.

[OngBonga]

haha, saying 'i'm gonna kill you' is not a defense for murder, sorry.

It is when we're talking about the rules of war.

[Poopadoop]

It is when we're talking about the rules of war.

The rules of war require a declaration not advance warning afaik. "Hey get ready we're coming!" lol. There's a reason that doesn't happen.

[OngBonga]

The rules of war require a declaration not advance warning afaik. "Hey get ready we're coming!" lol. There's a reason that doesn't happen.

An advance warning of a military attack would make it less serious in the eyes of an internation war crimes tribunal. I'm not talking about what I think is right and wrong here, just my understanding of international law, which admittedly is based on dirty googling, since I'm not educated on such matters.

But either we were provoked enough to justify it or we weren't. I'm glad you seem to agree we weren't.

I don't think Saddam did enough to provoke us into attacking Iraq. I do think he did enough to get dead and me not give a single shit about him.