• Brave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Neither does the fact that both sides have been using cluster bombs since the onset of the war, but nobody’s talking about it anymore.

    I wish we could return to the age of limited warfare. Small armies, pitched battles, limited engagements. But it’s hard to put the genie back in the bottle, isn’t it?

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      1 day ago

      War crime is not a “skill”. It’s not a “tech advancement”. It’s something everyone a long ass fucking time ago decided was so inhumane that it shouldn’t be allowed. Russia’s war is illegal, Ukraine’s does not have to be.

      • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.world
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        19 hours ago

        Again, we’re talking about one soldier who shot some men in the back, not an entire nation’s defense predicated on illegal methodology. Let’s try and keep our alarm in perspective; When we see the Looney Tunes & Close-up Magic Division using hijinks and misdirection at scale while masses of onlookers cheer the end of international rules-based norms, we will have cause for perturbation.