TehBamski@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhy wasn't former President Bush of the USA, charged with any crimes, when we marched into Afghanistan and Iraq by his orders, under pretenses?message-squaremessage-square161fedilinkarrow-up1466arrow-down148
arrow-up1418arrow-down1message-squareWhy wasn't former President Bush of the USA, charged with any crimes, when we marched into Afghanistan and Iraq by his orders, under pretenses?TehBamski@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square161fedilink
minus-squareqyron@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoHow would that work? Wouldn’t that be an act of war unprovoked aggression per the UN charter?
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoWell, you know, the US always considered the international treaties to be more akin to suggestions.
minus-squareRandom Dent@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoI mean what are they gonna do, send them to the Hague?
minus-squareArbiter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoYeah, it would be. It’s geopolitical dick wagging, not a law that was actually needed or does anything.
How would that work? Wouldn’t that be an act of
warunprovoked aggression per the UN charter?deleted by creator
Well, you know, the US always considered the international treaties to be more akin to suggestions.
I mean what are they gonna do, send them to the Hague?
Yeah, it would be.
It’s geopolitical dick wagging, not a law that was actually needed or does anything.