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Old January 25th 04, 04:59 AM
Mike Yared
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Cluster bombs called 'war crime'
Britain's use of cluster bombs in Iraq, similar to the ones used by the
United States military, is a "war crime" and should be referred to the
International Criminal Court (ICC) for prosecution, academics, lawyers and
human rights activists in London said earlier this week.
at http://www.washtimes.com/world/20040...3737-4342r.htm

Why did the lawyers not sue Saddam Hussein first? Or the late Soviet leaders
for the the Soviet Union's 1956 Invasion of Hungary? the 1968 Invasion of
Czechoslovakia; and the 1979 invasion of Afghanistan? Will the late Yuri
Andropov and Leonid Brezhnev be labeled as war criminals in historical
terms?


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Old January 25th 04, 05:30 AM
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Mike Yared" wrote in message
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Why did the lawyers not sue Saddam Hussein first? Or the late Soviet

leaders
for the the Soviet Union's 1956 Invasion of Hungary? the 1968 Invasion of
Czechoslovakia; and the 1979 invasion of Afghanistan? Will the late Yuri
Andropov and Leonid Brezhnev be labeled as war criminals in historical
terms?


Sure, let's put them all on trial. Let's also include the US President
responsible for dropping the atomic bombs, the US President responsible for
carpet bombing, napalm and agent orange in Vietnam. US hypocrisy never
ceases to amaze me.


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Old January 25th 04, 05:44 AM
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Rats, may ask if you think that the greater loss of life that would have
resulted from a direct invasion of Japan would have a been a better
alternative?


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Old January 25th 04, 06:06 AM
David Bromage
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cypher745 wrote:
Rats, may ask if you think that the greater loss of life that would have
resulted from a direct invasion of Japan would have a been a better
alternative?


Not to mention how many would have come home alive but with severe
injuries. There was a batch of around 500,000 Purple Hearts made in 1945
in anticipation of the invasion of Japan. This batch lasted through
Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm and everything else along the way. AIUI, no
new ones were manufactured until 2000.

Cheers
David

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Old January 25th 04, 07:04 AM
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To be honest, I was refering to the Japanese casaulties that would have
numbered in the millions. But your point is well taken.


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Old January 25th 04, 07:07 AM
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cypher745 wrote in message
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Rats, may ask if you think that the greater loss of life that would

have
resulted from a direct invasion of Japan would have a been a better
alternative?


You think Rats considers vast American casualties a downside to any
decision? That's icing on the cake for his type.

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Old January 25th 04, 08:25 AM
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"Mike Yared" wrote in
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Why did the lawyers not sue Saddam Hussein first? Or the late Soviet
leaders for the the Soviet Union's 1956 Invasion of Hungary? the 1968
Invasion of Czechoslovakia; and the 1979 invasion of Afghanistan? Will
the late Yuri Andropov and Leonid Brezhnev be labeled as war criminals
in historical terms?


Because they ( the lawyers ) are looney leftists.
A cluster bomb is no more illegal than a rifle bullet.
The use to which these instruments are put might constitute
a crime under certain conditions however.

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Old January 25th 04, 08:52 AM
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"Mike Yared" wrote in message
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Why did the lawyers not sue Saddam Hussein first? Or the late Soviet

leaders
for the the Soviet Union's 1956 Invasion of Hungary? the 1968 Invasion of
Czechoslovakia; and the 1979 invasion of Afghanistan? Will the late Yuri
Andropov and Leonid Brezhnev be labeled as war criminals in historical
terms?


The lefties involved in these cases don't sue guys like Stalin because they
know what he would do to them. Its easier and more profitable to whine
about the USA because they know they can get away with it.


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Old January 25th 04, 11:05 AM
Rats
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"cypher745" wrote in message
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Rats, may ask if you think that the greater loss of life that would have
resulted from a direct invasion of Japan would have a been a better
alternative?


Umm, what the **** are you going on about? This is about cluster bombs being
used indiscriminately and killing civilians. Those accountable should be
punished for their actions. The original poster said that Saddam and co
should be sued as well. To this I agreed and also added the US presidents
he'd conveniently left out.


 




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