A pre-emptive war under false pretenses = war crime?

[spanone]

Our compassionate president invaded a sovereign nation under FALSE PRETENSES causing the deaths of possibly one hundred thousand citizens and thousands of coalition troops and the world yawns.

[malaise]

1. It's that simple n/t

[TalkingDog]

2. You can't have war crimes if there is no war

You can probably be charged with other things, but legally declaring War requires Congress to sign off.

We haven't had a war since....oh hell, before Vietnam. They've all been "military actions".

[Minstrel Boy]

4. You're being facetious, right?

International law doesn't give a good goddamn what the perpetrators of the crime want to call it.

[TalkingDog]

8. Only slightly facetious

I'm just making the same point the accused would make. We are not at war. Legally there can be no war crimes if there is no war.

You are coming from a reality based stance here. Get with the program Minstrel Boy dude.

[spanone]

10. george calls it a war, he's the war president...it's war.

[greyfox]

3. That has become....

old news that is swept under the oval office carpet.

[Art_from_Ark]

9. That's gotta be some lumpy and bumpy carpet by now

[greyfox]

16. Looks like....

the Colorado skyline!!!!

[Minstrel Boy]

5. The world isn't yawning, it's gasping.

An overwhelming majority know Bush to be the criminal he is.

[greyfox]

17. Then why oh why....

did we let him back in that office?!!! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[Minstrel Boy]

19. I meant a majority of the world's population. n/t

[greyfox]

20. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh

agreed then... indeed, he has ruined our reputation with the world.. and we will be long passed 2008 winning it back... but we will...

[EstimatedProphet]

6. The world doesn't yawn

The world is cringing in fear. The US is yawning because we think the rest of the world is supposed to suck up to us.

[LiberalEsto]

7. Reframe war as "Saddam scam"

Iraqi racket
WMD hoax or flimflam
Rethuglican rubbish
Another con job by slippery George

"Pre-emptive war" is their terminology.

[Gay Ranger]

11. Nothing is going to happen, though...

nothing. For one thing, Bush would have to be deposed. Don't see that happening. Who will bring him to justice? Who will drag him from the Whitehouse in chains?

It is a nice fantasy, and a warming thought to picture in your mind such an event, but sadly it is never going to come to be.

[greyfox]

18. Looks that way.....

but if these folks will get on the move, it might help to at least give him constant migraines:

www.votetoimpeach.com

[Bridget Burke]

12. Count 1 at Nuremberg: "Conspiracy to Wage Aggressive War"

Count 2: "Waging Aggressive War, or 'Crimes Against Peace'"

www.courttv.com/archive/casefiles/nuremberg/indictments.html

Those are the first two charges against the Big Guys. Not the "I was only following orders" guys--but the ones who gave the orders.

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[annabanana]

14. ever heard the word "yellowcake"?

[spanone]

15. A 'pre-emptive' war could call for new classification.

When does 'pre-emptive' turn into an invasion of another nation. Semantics may be the only shield this administration has to offer.

[Bridget Burke]

22. Check my post--#12.

Waging aggressive war is, indeed, a War Crime.

At least, they said so at Nuremberg.

[CWebster]

21. One would think

but then, we are advised that we are not living in the real world for pointing it out.

[meow2u3]

23. This is known as a crime against peace

according to the Nuremberg treaty.

Crimes against peace consist of starting wars, especially under false pretenses. War crimes are atrocities committed by warriors during a war.

[rocktop15]

24. This war is a flat out war crime.

Just ask Noam Chomsky. This war is a flat out war crime. Aggression, as defined by the Geneva Convention, is the most severe of all war crimes. Good to know that the US doesn't hold the same standards of ourselves as we place on others.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

25. It was after WWII.

A number of Nazis and Japanese militarists got ropes around their necks for the invasions of Poland and China.