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Solly Mack

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1. Had some other nation decided that missile drops were the best response to

Reply to yurbud (Original post)

Mon Sep 9, 2013, 11:03 AM

Sep 2013

America violating international law, or international "norms", if you will, for the U.S. governments use of torture (war crime/crime against humanity), for example?

I'd imagine such a "What if" wouldn't make it too far past the reflexive "But we're America!" stage.

And...the U.S. government would consider such punishment an act of war.

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I finally realized why Obama and Congress never punished Bush/Cheney war crimes... [View all] yurbud Sep 2013 OP

Had some other nation decided that missile drops were the best response to Solly Mack Sep 2013 #1

It's a good think no one thought of that as the solution to slavery, genocide of Native Americans yurbud Sep 2013 #2

You forgot Nagasaki and Hiroshima. GeorgeGist Sep 2013 #3

most people don't know that was optional. Japan had one condition for surrender... yurbud Sep 2013 #4

+1 leftstreet Sep 2013 #5