Link cuz everyone was complaining: https://twitter.com/postopinions/status/1511536824774279173?s=21&t=97U8ofYaRudBHKXRZOwrKA
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Motherfuckers simply can't say "international law" because it is a nation run by pirates, scoundrels, and sadists.
What would you call a legal system where the enforcers were legally immune from those same laws they enforce? I mean not just a case of there's not much chance of a cop getting charged with murder but you legally can't charge a cop with murder?
When did this emote get added and why does it so perfectly describe the current cultural moment...
hexbear users take the post the link to the article challenge (impossible)
Here yah go: https://twitter.com/postopinions/status/1511536824774279173?s=21&t=97U8ofYaRudBHKXRZOwrKA
I'll be honest, the real reason i want the article title is so I can find it on :reddit-logo: and drown in the bad takes in the comments
The real gem here for me when it comes to propoganda is the sentence immediately after the highlighted bit. Check out how by placing it immediately after the sentence about criteria for investigation it's inviting the reader to assume that US war crimes are just misconduct, and allegations of misconduct at that.
Also the gall to make the argument that the US would investigate its war crimes when it brutally hunts down and imprisons people exposing them.
But those people who exposed them didn't go through the proper channels you see. If they had done so, the crimes they uncovered would have been investigated. They certainly wouldn't have been found having committed suicide or have died in a very regrettable friendly fire incident.
Just as a reminder. Following Nicaragua vs US ICJ ruling the US owes and still refuses to pay the Nicaraguan govt about 44bn in compensation after mining one of Nicaragua's commercial harbours and financing/training terrorists in Nicaragua who were instructed by the US to target schools, hospitals and collective farming initiatives.
It was in fact this case that caused the US to withdraw from the ICJ. Don't know about you but arming terrorists and mining commercial harbours doesn't sound like 'Misconduct.'
I feel like I'm so much more plugged into the history of US Imperialism compared with my friends and family, but it is still shocking to see the sheer number of atrocities the US committed that I had no previous knowledge of.
It's quite a phenominal list. Nicaragua is an interesting example as they really were caught red handed. Furthermore, Nicaragua was unaligned.
While the FSLN were marxist and the driving force they did not seek an alliance with the USSR so there isn't even the bullshit cold war argument. It was simply a case of the US brutally smashing a democratically elected state that pursued self determination.
