should american troops be punished by the new international court for war crimes?

Question

so many war crimes hve been commited by the colonial countires in iraq.from the order to go to war through to its false reasons, findind w.m.d.s. the killing of civillians is a war crime by any standards. useing phospherous shells and bombs on a civillian town is a war crime, tortureing prisoners is a war crime, ordering air stirikes on a civillian house occupied by women and kids is a war crime,of the 650,000 thousand civillians killed 35 per cent hve been killied my u.s military actions. destroying power and water supplies is a war crime not forgeting stealing oil and setting a country back by a 100 years is the biggest war crime.(i forgot to mention the sanctions imposed by the u.s on iraq after the first gulf war killed over 600.000 thousand children and 300,000 civillians.so one one sentence, whats happening in iraq is not a war on terror but 21'st century colonialism

Answer 1

People should have to answer for their actions in peace time and war no matter what country they are from or in.

Answer 2

Wow, let's see, where do I start?
The answer to your question is no. Here's why:
1. WMD's were found. They weren't what was expected, but Hussein was not allowed to have ANY, no matter how old or new. Not only that, but his own administration admits that there WERE WMD's, and they were shipped out of the country.
2. Civilians have been killed, but most of them were killed by the insurgents, who are not Iraqi.
3. When terrorists hide in civilian towns, sometimes civilians will be hit in the process. It's a sad fact of war.
4. Torturing prisoners IS a war crime. However, other than the horror that took place at Abu Ghraib by a small group of soldiers, are there any other cases of torture? The answer is no, there are not.
5. The number of civilians that have been killed is unknown. Some sources say 650,000+, which is impossible. Over 500 Iraqis are not killed every day. The number has been placed at between 45,000 and 245,000 by EXPERTS. I believe them. They say that 59,000 graves have been dug, and only one person is being placed in each grave.
Now, other mass graves have been found. BUT, because of the state of the bodies, they are estimated to have died before the US got there.
6. Power and water supplies were already down in many areas. Most have now been repaired.
7. STEALING OIL?! There is absolutely NO proof of this. No oil has been stolen. Zero. Zilch.
8. The sanctions placed on Iraq were completely caused by Hussein. Not the US, or the UN.

Therefore, no, no one should be punished by war crimes. Where ARE you getting your news from? Taliban TV? Al Qaeda news?

Answer 3

The US does not recognize the "The International Court for War Crimes & Crimes against Humanity>" Bush decided that an International Court should not have jurisdiction over a US citizen. However under the rulings of the Court, it would only try someone, if that persons own country refused to do so. Let's not forget Nuremburg, one of the German defendents predicted that it would come back to haunt the US. How right he was. I think Bush was thinking more of protecting his own butt. Also if you will recall the massacre at "My Lai" in VN,
Lt. Calley took the fall for it and rec'd a life sentence, however he was given a Pres. pardon by Nixon after 3 months.And that was for a massive slaughter of innocent civilians.

Answer 4

Ok, now that you are on your soap box, let the rest of us kick it out from under you so you can hang....
Openly attacking women and children, yes THAT is a war crime, for example the soldiers that are on trial now for raping the girl and killing her whole family. I hope they get the death penalty.
However, every soldier knows that it is about costs vs. benefit.

The Insurgents have sacrificed their own people when they use them for cover. If there is a building of women and children that is also being used as a terorist base, or a resupply station, or whatever, then it IS a legal target.
The instant that illegal target takes up arms or helps the enemy, then it becomes a legal target.

After the fact, yes, we did go to war for some BS reasons. However, you can't blame the US troops (I am one). It's all about who is in charge, Bush created the order to send us there. Trust me, no one on the ground doing the fighting actually wanted it.

War is about taking out the enemy with MINIMAL collateral damage. Notice I said minimal not "NO COLLATERAL DAMAGE".

And if 650K is an accurate number for how many have died, then face the real truth, how many of those are from the hands of Iraqi insurgents?

Answer 5

The sanctions were put on by the UN. The resolution to go to war was first voted on by the UN. Iranian Milita groups supply weapons, Syria allows extremist's to come through their borders, MOST of the casualties are from fighting from within their own religious groups, the Shiites and the Sunnis. America has rebuilt the water and power grids to above the levels before the war. Militia groups try to blow them back up. America has built hospitals and hundreds of schools. Militants use car bombs to destroy them while the kids are inside. People like you are just flat stupid. I hope America arms the Kurds and lets them wipe out the Clerics and their militias and lets them form Kurdistan. The Shiites and Sunnis can go live in Syria and Iran. You could go with them

Answer 6

you have a competent variety of solutions right here. possibly the U. S. does no longer commit many, and there are a number of exams to make valuable that they do no longer take place. possibly many are exaggerated. nevertheless, i could prefer to think of that the U. S. ought to be held to a greater advantageous standard, and that's "the winner" in maximum wars, and is meant to have greater effective practise and structures. the fast answer is they're by way of no skill punished as much as they might desire to be. conflict crimes are a shame no rely who commits them. And basically, conflict is the reason. That might desire to be recognized. conflict itself ought to be prevented in any respect costs.

Answer 7

First of all, Pres Bush should be brought to International court of War. He was the one who responsible in instigating and encouraging the war crimes. Secondly, Dick Cheney, Condi Rice and Rumsfeld should also be locked up with the rest of the world's war criminals.

Answer 8

Frankly, I think no troops, American, Chinese, Russiens, Krauts or or should be punished if they follow a law full order of their Commander In Chief, the key words are, law full orders. End of story.

Answer 9

The sanctions were imposed by the UN you dingbat. Should they be put on trial?

Answer 10

I don't think we as Americans should subject ourselves to international jurisdiction when our own laws and courts are sufficient to punish any wrongdoing.