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| | ::::::::::::That has exactly zero to do with what I just said. Answer the question: '''are war crimes okay if someone else did it first?''' [[User:MayGodBless|MayGodBless]] ([[User talk:MayGodBless|talk]]) 21:51, October 6, 2023 (EDT) | | ::::::::::::That has exactly zero to do with what I just said. Answer the question: '''are war crimes okay if someone else did it first?''' [[User:MayGodBless|MayGodBless]] ([[User talk:MayGodBless|talk]]) 21:51, October 6, 2023 (EDT) |
| | :::::::::::::Of course not. It is the US that has violated international law and international norms of conduct. [https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/news/2023/brown-university-estimates-more-45-million-people-have-died-wars-911 Brown University estimates the US has killed more than 4.5 million people in wars since 9/11.] A boon for the [[MIC]], but the American people will be held to account. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]</sup> 21:57, October 6, 2023 (EDT) | | :::::::::::::Of course not. It is the US that has violated international law and international norms of conduct. [https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/news/2023/brown-university-estimates-more-45-million-people-have-died-wars-911 Brown University estimates the US has killed more than 4.5 million people in wars since 9/11.] A boon for the [[MIC]], but the American people will be held to account. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]</sup> 21:57, October 6, 2023 (EDT) |
| − | ::::::::::::::The Unted States has been illegally occupying significant territory of Syria - even under US law - for almost a decade. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]</sup> 22:00, October 6, 2023 (EDT) | + | ::::::::::::::The Unted States has been illegally - even under US law - occupying significant territory of Syria for almost a decade. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]</sup> 22:00, October 6, 2023 (EDT) |
| | ::::::::And the US is far and away the most powerful member of the UN. Russia does not come close. | | ::::::::And the US is far and away the most powerful member of the UN. Russia does not come close. |
| | ::::::::When the US was founded, the [[Constitution]] made clear that the capital would not be part of any state, and thus [[Washington, DC]] was created. When the UN was founded, the members unanimously approved putting its permanent seat of government in – you guessed it – the United States. [[User:MayGodBless|MayGodBless]] ([[User talk:MayGodBless|talk]]) 15:14, October 6, 2023 (EDT) | | ::::::::When the US was founded, the [[Constitution]] made clear that the capital would not be part of any state, and thus [[Washington, DC]] was created. When the UN was founded, the members unanimously approved putting its permanent seat of government in – you guessed it – the United States. [[User:MayGodBless|MayGodBless]] ([[User talk:MayGodBless|talk]]) 15:14, October 6, 2023 (EDT) |