penguiin_ t1_jd55yz8 wrote on March 21, 2023 at 10:20 PM

Reply to comment by TogepiMain in 'I killed a man today': Russian Klim Kerzhaev soldier accused of war crimes in absentia after audio files intercepted | CNN by Viagra_Was_My_Idea

Because real life isn’t call of doody where you kick your feet up on the presidents desk after he brought you out of retirement for one final job

If you kill a civilian in a war zone even accidentally you can be facing decades in prison. This is something those Russian apologists and whataboutism masters seem to forget every time they bring up the US invading Iraq. Oh, and military prisons don’t let you serve part of your sentence last I heard too

TerryWogansBum t1_jd6lzr0 wrote on March 22, 2023 at 5:17 AM

My Lai, Abu Gharib.

penguiin_ t1_jd6mkyv wrote on March 22, 2023 at 5:24 AM

yeah they fucked up on those to be sure, and theres still tons of stuff still ongoing like guantanamo bay for ex. but whataboutism is really stupid and doesnt actually really work as a comeback the way these russian apologist bots are trying to use it as

TerryWogansBum t1_jd7d5wo wrote on March 22, 2023 at 11:21 AM

I agree there at least. Russian warcrimes are happening RIGHT NOW so of course they're the primary concern. But the US are pushing themselves as a white knight in this situation so it's important not to forget their crimes just because there's something more current.