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Who could have imagined one month ago that the US Senate would be presented with a resolution by Senator Lindsey Graham calling for total support for the investigation by the international criminal court? And that it would be passing unanimously. That is a sea change, and it's a really significant sea change. You can't adopt a resolution saying the ICC has jurisdiction over Russian nationals, while saying it has no jurisdiction over Americans.
You can't adopt a resolution saying the ICC has jurisdiction over Russian nationals, while saying it has no jurisdiction over Americans.
Of course you can.
The trial of admiral Dönitz at Nuremburg is instructive:
His sentence on unrestricted submarine warfare was not assessed because of similar actions by the Allies. In particular, the British Admiralty, on 8 May 1940, had ordered all vessels in the Skagerrak sunk on sight, and Admiral Chester Nimitz, wartime commander-in-chief of the US Pacific Fleet, stated the US Navy had waged unrestricted submarine warfare in the Pacific from the day the US officially entered the war. Thus, Dönitz was not charged of waging unrestricted submarine warfare against unarmed neutral shipping by ordering all ships in designated areas in international waters to be sunk without warning.
I think we all already new that.
The question is : is Russia the USA too? It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II
Personally I was virulently opposed to GWB's invasion of Iraq, and in a very small minority in the forum I was on at the time (predominately Americans, broad political spectrum).
I was also opposed to the preceding invasion of Afghanistan, and in that instance I believe I was absolutely alone. Being anti-war in Russia must be really tough; in wartime, all right-(un)thinking citizens align themselves automatically behind their leaders, then find the necessary justifications, mostly delusional but in good faith. It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II
They are subjected to that kind of treatment:
❗️please share. In #Russia, masked man started posting these stickers on the door of people attending anti protest marching or actively stating they are against the war. The stickers say "Here lives a traitor" with the Z and V letters used by the Russian army. pic.twitter.com/ArScDEvA6l— Belarus Free Theatre (@BFreeTheatre) March 21, 2022
❗️please share. In #Russia, masked man started posting these stickers on the door of people attending anti protest marching or actively stating they are against the war. The stickers say "Here lives a traitor" with the Z and V letters used by the Russian army. pic.twitter.com/ArScDEvA6l
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