• switcheroo@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    May? May???

    There is no may! Everyone of those fuckers who thinks they can hide behind “I was only following orders” can be charged with war crimes and executed for all I care. Following orders when you KNOW they are illegal and KNOW they are reprehensible beyond all belief…? You think you deserve to be absolved? Nah fuck you.

    • Canaconda@lemmy.ca
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      17 days ago

      You are reacting to the headline not the quote.

      “I’m old enough to remember the Nuremberg trials and how we’ve held the Germans accountable after… the atrocities they committed during World War II,” Brigadier General Steve Anderson told CNN Tuesday.

      “And I’d hate to think… five, 10 years from now, we’d be doing the same kind of thing with American soldiers and leaders that made decisions that were being directed by the president of the United States that are illegal.”