I think one of the key distinctions that makes that sometimes true is that US/NATO will very deliberately target power plants, water filtration facilities, and other things that are absolutely essential to maintain civilian life. If I remember correctly multiple of the “agent Xs” used to Vietnam were designed specifically to wipe out crop fields and cause mass starvation. In Libya where they had made the world’s largest irrigation system, NATO bombed it to nothing.
I highly doubt there has been a single invasion without war crimes- hell, I’m sure even when Vietnam invaded Cambodia there were some war crimes commited by a few pieces of shit. But I don’t see Russia literally coating Ukraine in radioactive shit like agent orange or making it impossible for people to access water or electricity. I don’t see them causing the mass starvation of infants, Iraq and Ukraine have a similar population and US killed 500,000 infants from sanctions alone. You don’t see Russia stopping it’s top ally China from trading or having good relations with Ukraine like US has done to so many, forcing most of Europe to comply with criminal sanctions to maintain trade with US.
War crimes are a fairly new concept when you get right down to it. Until recently that was just called “waging war.” Ironically though, the next time the US or NATO gets into a big war I’m sure we’re going to start seeing a lot of news articles about how the Geneva Convention were just suggestions or something.
I think one of the key distinctions that makes that sometimes true is that US/NATO will very deliberately target power plants, water filtration facilities, and other things that are absolutely essential to maintain civilian life. If I remember correctly multiple of the “agent Xs” used to Vietnam were designed specifically to wipe out crop fields and cause mass starvation. In Libya where they had made the world’s largest irrigation system, NATO bombed it to nothing.
I highly doubt there has been a single invasion without war crimes- hell, I’m sure even when Vietnam invaded Cambodia there were some war crimes commited by a few pieces of shit. But I don’t see Russia literally coating Ukraine in radioactive shit like agent orange or making it impossible for people to access water or electricity. I don’t see them causing the mass starvation of infants, Iraq and Ukraine have a similar population and US killed 500,000 infants from sanctions alone. You don’t see Russia stopping it’s top ally China from trading or having good relations with Ukraine like US has done to so many, forcing most of Europe to comply with criminal sanctions to maintain trade with US.
War crimes are a fairly new concept when you get right down to it. Until recently that was just called “waging war.” Ironically though, the next time the US or NATO gets into a big war I’m sure we’re going to start seeing a lot of news articles about how the Geneva Convention were just suggestions or something.
Geneva Guidelines