• dragontamer@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Uh huh…

    As I said before: go talk to a soldier about this stuff. You clearly need someone who has actually dealt with war-time issues to talk with you on some basics. I’ve done my part at this point, but I can’t just baby-sit you all day and secondly, I’m not (and never have been a soldier). I just know a few of them and we’ve had this discussion before. So all my knowledge is 2nd hand.

    There are conventions at war, and even the dumbest grunt Private First Class receives training on these matters and have to study up on these issues (every soldier in the US Military is trained to know when, or when not, it is legal to shoot and kill). So this is something that literally any veteran in your life can discuss with you to a far deeper level than I can.


    “War crimes” aren’t crimes because some police officer will catch you. “War crimes” are actions unbecoming of a proper organization and cause the enemy to harm your side even more. Ex: hiding a gun on your person while surrendering, and then killing enemies with it after pretending to surrender is a war crime. Its not “illegal” per se (there’s no organization who will arrest you). It just causes the enemy to refuse surrenders and harms the overall path of the war.

    • Sybil@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      It just causes the enemy to refuse surrenders

      no, it doesn’t CAUSE this. it is an excuse that they will use to kill people who are surrendering, even if it’s the hostages they claim they are trying to free.