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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
When you get down to basics, all war is a range of crimes on a spectrum from not severe to extremely severe and cruel. There isn't a single Russian soldier in Ukraine that isn't there by breaking Ukrainian law. At a bare minimum, they are are illegally entering the country (crime) with the intent to destroy Ukrainian property (crime) and intent kill Ukrainian soldiers (crime). Those are just the bare minimum crimes that each foreign soldier is committing and from there, it only gets worse. Humans have a way a separating war from other acts of violence, but the only real difference is who is holding the gavel and not on the actual actions that are taking place.
Just following orders doesn't cut it. The gang member that commits a crime because they are afraid of the gang they are in, is still guilty for committing the crime.
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All of that gets conveniently set aside when it’s our own country or allies engaged in a war of choice. The destruction, the killing. The bombed cities. The children blown to bits. All regrettable collateral damage.
War is a crime because it’s war.