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To: Innovative

Then, imprison the JAG officers who prosecuted the case.

War crime creep is a barrier to killing and peace


13 posted on 05/19/2019 5:10:28 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12)There were Democrat espionage operations on Republican candidates)
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War crime creep is a barrier to killing and peace

During WWII, Gen. Eisenhower had 700 American G.I.s hanged for murdering or raping civilians. This turned out to be smart military tactics: as Germany faced defeat, thousands of German troops surrendered to the Americans, because they knew they would be treated humanely; the German troops fighting the Russians fought to the last man, because they knew they faced summary execution.

16 posted on 05/24/2019 12:45:02 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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