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Arasuil t1_ixuw6zl wrote

Reply to comment by Battlefire in TIL of the Arisan Maru, a Japanese "hell ship" that was torpedoed while carrying Allied prisoners of war. None of the 1,781 passengers were killed by the explosion, but other Japanese ships refused to rescue them, resulting in only 9 survivors. by Jupitair

It’s only war crimes when the people I don’t like do it.

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Battlefire t1_ixv2fzg wrote

Except no criminal court will prosecute something like that. It is ignorance to think that you have an obligation to save an enemy and put yourself in danger. You get more people killed that way.

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Arasuil t1_ixv2lit wrote

No criminal court would have charged for Crimes Against Peace either. War Crimes trials are pretty much inherently kangaroo courts.

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