What countries do you think have commited war crimes against humanity.
2006-11-22 00:07:22 · 18 answers · asked by Rod T 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
And why do other countries get away with it.
2006-11-22 00:09:03 · update #1
Who in your mind comes the first?.
2006-11-22 00:11:27 · update #2
Probably at some time or another all of them just to different degrees...
2006-11-22 00:09:03 · answer #1 · answered by emmamo 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Generally speaking every country has committed wars crimes in their history since the beginning but has only been recognised since the second world war. The victors prosecuted the Nazi's over the holocaust didn't see any ,Japanese generals up getting prosecuted for their war crimes testing chemical/bio warfare on PO W'S. America and Britain bombing civilians in Shock and AWE tactics so in theory our leaders should be on some sort of charge along with the rest of the world for letting it happen? To that end it will be only the rich countries that prosecute war crimes and countries that win the initial fight. Only if that country has something to offer will the main leaders be prosecuted the rest will probably get a way with it ie Rwanda no leaders from there have been arrested under international law and convicted of war crimes! between the two waring factions an estimated 1 million people died. Funny old thing no western countries were involved in the fighting only a small UN force to sit and watch the atrocities happen .
2006-11-22 03:38:05 · answer #2 · answered by paul c 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
well i'll go with the obvious answer,
AMERICA!!
Lets not forget that the only 2 nuclear bombs that were ever used were dropped by America. There was no need japan had almost collapsed, but Trumann wanted a show to scare the russians. He certainly got that, if you call 100 000 dead instantly with another100 000 dying of radiation poisoning a show.
Lets not also forget the horrors of napalm that was inflicted on viet cong, farmer or women and children alike (think of the pain it caused)
Then last but not least the good ole genocide of entire nations of american indians, all in the name of progress.
Yet not a single American has ever been convicted of war crimes for these actions. Yet someone tries to fight for their homeland against the US empire and they are automatically classed a terrorist not a freedom fighter. By this reckoning George Washigton himself was a terrorist by using guerilla tactics against his rightful sovereign's armies
It is so true that the victors write the history while the losers take all the blame.
2006-11-22 10:49:16 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Actually we Great Britain have the longest history of it bar none!
Russia and Germany did so in mass numbers in a really short time making these two countries stand out, but as history is always written by the winner will we ever really know the extent of illegal killing during war times?
2006-11-23 20:38:56 · answer #4 · answered by camshy0078 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The term conflict crime or perhaps the concept technique that any action in a conflict grew to become into not justified. did not start up till WW ll formerly that, there have been no such issues as conflict crimes. Killing the whole civilian inhabitants in the time of a conflict grew to become right into a easy incidence.
2016-12-29 08:07:50 · answer #5 · answered by bruss 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on how far back in history you want to go; but if you just take the last 30 years or so, then you would include Pol Pot in Cambodia, President Suharto in Indonesia, Augusto Pinochet in Chile, Saddam Hussein in Iraq, Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe, Slobodan Milosovic and Radovan Karadzic in Serbia and Bosnia, and the Sudanese right at this very moment in Darfur.
There have also been individual war crimes (such as the US forces at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq), but there is no evidence to suggest that this was sanctioned by the Bush Administration.
The invasion of Iraq was probably a war crime, in that it was almost certainly against international law, but actually is pretty minor compared to the actions of those I've listed above in terms of numbers actually killed. (I don't support the invasion by the way before anyone starts hammering me thinking that I do)!
2006-11-22 00:24:23 · answer #6 · answered by Timothy M 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The turks killed more armenians in the 20's than the nazis killed jews. Genocides happen mostly in countries where peoples lives are not valued. Either due to severe religious intolerance or a severe lack of religion.
2006-11-22 00:17:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
United States.
2006-11-22 00:08:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 6⤋
Anyone that says the US and/or George Bush are guilty of war crimes is delusional and has no idea what war crimes are! You say the conditions at Gitmo are apalling? It's a freaking country club. You say the torture at Abu Grahib? B.S. - being made to wear women's underwear on your head is not torture!! Sleep deprivation ain't torture either! It's pansy crap compared to what the rest of the world does! Come back to me when the US is ripping off finger nails and rotating arms out of sockets....then we can talk!
2006-11-22 00:34:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
Almost all of them. Germany is probably one of the most famous (Nazi atrocities), but very closely followed by countries such as Spain and Old England for the tortures and gruesome forms of execution during the Dark Ages, plus the Spanish Inquisition.
2006-11-22 00:13:18 · answer #10 · answered by Huey Freeman 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Check out website about democide.
Democide includes genocide, politicide and mass murder.
I found it at work the other day, it's facinating.
There's a league table.
As far as I can tell, Cambodia is the worst.
2006-11-22 00:13:05 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋