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To: All; SmokingJoe

MAYBE THIS WOULD CLARIFY THE “WHAT ABOUT LOGICAL FALLACIES”
REGARDING PUTIN’S MILITARY WAR CRIMES:

Article 25 of the Hague Convention of 1899 laid down that “The attack or bombardment of towns, villages, habitations or buildings which are not defended, is prohibited”. This is why the German bombing of Warsaw and London, the British bombing of Dresden, and the American bombing of Hiroshima were all perfectly legal under international law: because those cities were defended.

The rules of war also included specific requirements such as NOT attacking hospitals, and if possible giving CIVILIANS WARNING to evacuate or take shelter before military operations began.

The 1st Protocol of the Geneva Conventions signed in 1977 made it a war crime to launch ‘indiscriminate attacks’ which would affect civilians. This would include area bombing of a city, as opposed to targeting individual objectives within it. Reprisals or terror attacks against civilians were also made into war crimes in 1977.”


156 posted on 07/14/2022 9:08:05 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com (et, so serving on the front:)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com
Article 25 of the Hague Convention of 1899 laid down that “The attack or bombardment of towns, villages, habitations or buildings which are not defended, is prohibited”. This is why the German bombing of Warsaw and London, the British bombing of Dresden, and the American bombing of Hiroshima were all perfectly legal under international law: because those cities were defended.

You've got to be kidding me.
So according to you, if anyone is defending themselves from foreign attacks, then their women, children and old folks should be slaughtered?
So why are you shilling for Ukraine over a Russian attack that may have killed civilians then? You should be perfectly happy with it.

157 posted on 07/14/2022 9:16:02 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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