Rather than us having a debate on the definition of words and their meaning, how about you clarify your position on this. What are you really trying to say with "No genocidal war crimes…"?
The ICC's definition of genocide in Article 6 of the Rome Statute differs from the UN Genocide Convention's definition since the ICC is concerned with "individual criminal liability", e.g. ICC prosecutes individuals, whereas the Genocide Convention primarily addresses state obligations. According to the ICC definition, the United States and Israel have definitely committed "genocidal war crimes", as you put it, by deliberating targeting and killing children in bombings in Iran.
I hope we at least can agree on this, there is no question the killing of the school-children in Minab was a war crime. A former diplomat and spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State admitted that: "As a former diplomat and someone who is quite familiar with counter-terrorism operations and targeted strikes, I can tell you the following: I have no doubt that we knew exactly what we were doing. We knew exactly that we were striking that school, and we knew exactly that we were killing those children." - Khala Harritt, former spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State
Furthermore the UN has officially accused the United States of committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran where many children were killed.
Rather than us having a debate on the definition of words and their meaning, how about you clarify your position on this. What are you really trying to say with "No genocidal war crimes…"?
The ICC's definition of genocide in Article 6 of the Rome Statute differs from the UN Genocide Convention's definition since the ICC is concerned with "individual criminal liability", e.g. ICC prosecutes individuals, whereas the Genocide Convention primarily addresses state obligations. So, according to the ICC definition, the United States and Israel have definitely committed "genocidal war crimes", as you put it, by deliberating targeting and killing children in bombings in Iran.
I hope we at least can agree on this, there is no question the killing of the school-children in Minab was a war crime. A former diplomat and spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State admitted that: "As a former diplomat and someone who is quite familiar with counter-terrorism operations and targeted strikes, I can tell you the following: I have no doubt that we knew exactly what we were doing. We knew exactly that we were striking that school, and we knew exactly that we were killing those children." - Khala Harritt, former spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State
Furthermore the UN has officially accused the United States of committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran where many children were killed.
Rather than us having a debate on the definition of words and their meaning, how about you clarify your position on this. What are you really trying to say with "No genocidal war crimes…"?
The ICC's definition of genocide in Article 6 of the Rome Statute differs from the UN Genocide Convention's definition since the ICC is concerned with "individual criminal liability", e.g. ICC prosecutes individuals, whereas the Genocide Convention primarily addresses state obligations. According to the ICC, the United States and Israel have definitely committed "genocidal war crimes", as you put it, by deliberating targeting and killing children in bombings in Iran.
I hope we at least can agree on this, there is no question the killing of the school-children in Minab was a war crime. A former diplomat and spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State admitted that: "As a former diplomat and someone who is quite familiar with counter-terrorism operations and targeted strikes, I can tell you the following: I have no doubt that we knew exactly what we were doing. We knew exactly that we were striking that school, and we knew exactly that we were killing those children." - Khala Harritt, former spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State
Furthermore the UN has officially accused the United States of committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran where many children were killed.