DEVOLUTION KICKOFF DAY MAGATHREAD- MILITARY PEPEs and all others, comment what you can safely share based on what you observe.
🗣️ DISCUSSION 💬
I haven't even read devolution but hubby has- I hope today really is the day. Kick off is at noon! Update: OR, tomorrow because Devolution says 1 year and 1 day....... so 24 hour maga thread!
What kind of war crimes do you expect to happen?
Are you ok with the military committing war crimes?
Do you think the military personnel asked to commit war crimes will be ok with it?
Why are war crimes even necessary?
Im ok with war crimes as long as it involves destroying all the Commies in this country. Im over playing nice with these fucks. They are the reason everything is fubar. They can all die. Idgaf.
“This ending isn’t for everyone” -Q
The only war crime happening will be the continuation of our military standing down and teaming up with the occupying force, at the expense of the health and prosperity of the citizens.
Why are you asking ME personally? This has nothing to do with what I personally think is okay or not.
You're emotional.
I just find "legal avenues that wash military forces hands of breaking Geneva Convention rules of warfare" very improbably and just as improbable for many (if any) in the current military to need them because I doubt they would go along with orders that say "Hey don't worry, you can commit these actual war crimes we tell you to commit. We've got your back legally. Trust us."
I asked you personally because I wonder what someone who repeats this ludicrous idea thinks it actually refers to. I mean are we talking on-the-spot executions with no due process? Torture? Inhumane treatment of prisoners? Mutilation and experimentation? Attacking unarmed civilians? Rape? Pillaging?
These are the types of war crimes that the Geneva Conventions prohibit.
Not emotional. Slightly amused and definitely curious how anyone could take that statement seriously.
There's an entire law of war manual that describes what a belligerent force is and the parameters that must be met, blah blah blah.
If this then that...
If the occupying force has been in place for one year, then this...
How fucking hard is this?
LOLOL. Read it dude (maybe start around page 769).
First of all, this is clearly referring to American forces as the occupiers, and says that the one year term is to account for ongoing situations like post-WWII Germany and Japan.
It's about the occupier's obligations to the GC, and is basically instructions for during a wind-down after a military conflict, and while it says that "application of the GC" shall cease on the general close of conflict or in the case of occupation, one year later (because it has cease to at some point), it stipulates several important articles that stay in effect to basically prevent the occupying force (again, Americans) from being bad guys.
It also says that anyone in custody retains their GC protections and that "In addition, it may be appropriate following the end of occupation to continue to apply by analogy certain rules from the law of belligerent occupation, even if such rules do not apply as a matter of law."
So basically it's saying, let's still try to follow these rules here, even if they no longer technically apply.
That this has become twisted into some form of "we'll give you belligerents one year to get out or there will be hell to pay!" is just so stupid. Maybe before you go repeating someone's opinion about legal handwashing and allowance of war crimes, do your own research.