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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPutin has joined a select group of war criminals,
including Stalin, Hitler, and George W. Bush. These are leaders who waged Wars of Aggression which constitute Crimes against Peace, as defined by the International Law Commission of the United Nations to codify the legal principles underlying the Nuremberg Trials of Nazi party members following World War II.
A war of aggression is a military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation. Paradigmatic examples include the nearly simultaneous invasions of Poland by Stalin and Hitler in 1939, the unprovoked invasion of Iraq by George W. Bush and others in 2003, and Putin's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,614 posts)Unfortunately, I doubt that he cares.
However, he will soon feel the concentrated anger of us and our EU allies, and perhaps that might persuade him that he's made a most unfortunate move.
K&R
Lionel Mandrake
(4,076 posts)will change course now. It would be nice indeed if he did.
Lionel Mandrake
(4,076 posts)see the following:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_against_peace
TheBlackAdder
(28,190 posts)Last edited Fri Feb 25, 2022, 09:49 PM - Edit history (1)
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The second time you do it you will get a ban.
I'm not sure if this is true or just a rumor. I don't Facebook.
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Lionel Mandrake
(4,076 posts)Once I posted a medical illustration on Facebook, which was banned as contrary to community standards, because it depicted nakedness (!).
moondust
(19,979 posts)and face a tribunal.
K/R
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,614 posts)marie999
(3,334 posts)moondust
(19,979 posts)For now take Putin while the evidence is clear.
Maybe later take Bush/Cheney for the Iraq invasion.