Calls for prosecuting war crimes in Syria are growing. Is justice possible?

Calls for prosecuting war crimes in Syria are growing. Is international justice possible?



Removing bodies from the rubble after an airstrike in Aleppo

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France have all called for war crime charges regarding Russia/Syria airstrikes on the Syrian city of Aleppo.

The complaints include the bombing of civilian urban areas, using banned cluster munitions, and using banned incendiary munitions.

Russia retains a UNSC veto so neither Russia nor Syria could be referred to the International Criminal Court by the United Nations Security Council.

Which all begs the questions; Have the Geneva Conventions on War been eroded to the point of relic status? Are they still relevant and enforceable?

Any word on when Bush and Obama will be charged with War Crimes? Between Bush' torture and Hillary's demands to arm, train, and invade a foreign country you'd think those two would be priority one for War Crimes charges.

Simpleχity;1066430542 said:

Calls for prosecuting war crimes in Syria are growing. Is international justice possible?

Removing bodies from the rubble after an airstrike in Aleppo

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France have all called for war crime charges regarding Russia/Syria airstrikes on the Syrian city of Aleppo.

The complaints include the bombing of civilian urban areas, using banned cluster munitions, and using banned incendiary munitions.

Russia retains a UNSC veto so neither Russia nor Syria could be referred to the International Criminal Court by the United Nations Security Council.

Which all begs the questions; Have the Geneva Conventions on War been eroded to the point of relic status? Are they still relevant and enforceable?

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There will be people that won't even understand the difference between this and say Iraq or Obama's bombing. But that is par for the course.

reinoe said:

Any word on when Bush and Obama will be charged with War Crimes? Between Bush' torture and Hillary's demands to arm, train, and invade a foreign country you'd think those two would be priority one for War Crimes charges.

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Ha! I thought someone would not have looked at the differences and fall into their normal confusion caused by exaggeration of and using the wrong words. But that is what comes of calling things torture that aren't even "torture". The thinking becomes undisciplined and fuzzy.

The last thing in the world people want is justice.

reinoe said:

Any word on when Bush and Obama will be charged with War Crimes? Between Bush' torture and Hillary's demands to arm, train, and invade a foreign country you'd think those two would be priority one for War Crimes charges.

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No US figure will be tried for war crimes, in Syria or elsewhere.

While it's true that Bush & Co were convicted in absentia in Malaysia some years back, it was rather a hollow victory for justice.

Not likely any US will be charged with war crimes. Some African somewhere might, but no US.