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No wonder one of the Serbian militiamen, Arkan, charged with ‘war crimes’ in Bosnia declared, “I will go to a war crimes tribunal when Americans are tried for Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Vietnam, Cambodia, Panama.” *Western powers justify attacks on civilians* It is also interesting to note that the last time the West staged a major war crimes tribunal, at Nuremburg after World War II, the judges who tried Nazi war criminals specifically *justified* attacks on civilians, including atomic bombings, saying these were “legitimate warfare”. Aerial bombardment, which has killed millions, was justified by the judges because the people with the biggest capacity (and necessity) for it are the main Western powers themselves. No-one was ever going to be charged over the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki that incinerated hundreds of thousands. And nor have or will any US commanders or politicians ever be charged over the horrendous war crimes they committed in Vietnam. Take, for instance, just one aspect of US war crimes in Vietnam: the use of napalm.* Napalm combines plastic polystyrene, hydrocarbon benzene, and gasoline producing a jelly-like substance that, once ignited, sticks to pretty much anything and burns for up to ten minutes. “Napalm is the most terrible pain you can ever imagine,” said Kim Phúc, a survivor from a napalm bombing. “Water boils at 212°F. Napalm generates temperatures 1,500°F to 2,200°F.” It’s one of the most painful ways imaginable that someone can die. The US government used it in Vietnam initially to burn down forest and bush where the liberation movement was taking shelter and then they used it on villages. Just one napalm bomb could destroy up to 2,500 square yards. From 1965-1973 the US dropped 8 million tons of napalm in South Vietnam, the place they claimed to be ‘defending from communism’. The supposedly ‘evil communists’ dropped no tons of napalm. . . full at: https://rdln.wordpress.com/2015/06/15/whats-in-a-war-crime/#more-12352 _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
