It has become embarrassing to be an American. Our country has had four war criminal presidents in succession. Clinton twice launched military attacks on Serbia, ordering NATO to bomb the former Yugoslavia twice, both in 1995 and in 1999, so that gives Bill two war crimes. George W. Bush invaded Afghanistan and Iraq and attacked provinces of Pakistan and Yemen from the air. That comes to four war crimes for Bush. Obama used NATO to destroy Libya and sent mercenaries to destroy Syria, thereby commiting two war crimes. Trump attacked Syria with US forces, thereby becoming a war criminal early in his regime.
To the extent that the UN participated in these war crimes along with Washington’s European, Canadian and Australian vassals, all are guilty of war crimes. Perhaps the UN itself should be arraigned before the War Crimes Tribunal along with the EU, US, Australia and Canada.
Quite a record. Western Civilization, if civilization it is, is the greatest committer of war crimes in human history.
More @ Paul Craig Roberts
PCR is so angry! Never seen him like this. There's much truth in what's said. I'm just amazed at the anger.
ReplyDeleteIf he polished things up a bit, PCR might find he's widely read. He's unusually brilliant and honest.
Brilliant, he is.
DeleteI guess that means White people are the worst offenders of War Crimes in human history. This guy must be admired by the college "educators".
ReplyDeleteOf course, we've been killing each other mostly.......:)
DeleteNot even close. A war crime is an actual violation of law. When there is no law, there is no crime. There is no international law. International laws are agreements between nations and those nations have sovereign authority to either uphold those agreements or reject them. In the absence of any authority to enforce, no law exists.
ReplyDeleteAll previous cases of war crimes were enforces by victorious powers after the war is complete. Thus no American president, or German dictator, or Japanese emperor can be guilty of a war crime.
Without a doubt, the largest crimes against humanity have been perpetrated by communist governments against their own people. And most of those were in China, NOT Western civ.
Quite a rant. I read it with skepticism until I reached the part about "Putin's respect for human life". That's a real knee-slapper. "North Korea is not bothering anyone". Really? Their nuclear program and missile launches bother me. I guess I don't count. Am I the only one who noticed the leaks from Wikileaks are all to the detriment of the USA? Coincidence? Wikileaks from Russia or China? I don't think so. The author rails equally about liberals and conservatives, Republicans and Democrats. He seems to consider anyone not named Paul Craig Roberts to be an idiot. I can't tell if intended to write condemnation of the US or an acclamation of himself.
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