Do Americans really care about war crimes?

[rangerrebew]

Do Americans really care about war crimes?

Trump's pardoning of four Blackwater contractors underscores America's apathy towards war crimes committed abroad.

By Jared Keller December 23, 2020

 
President Donald Trump apparently plans on going out with a bang.

On Tuesday, the White House announced a list of pardons and clemencies granted by Trump, a standard occurrence in the twilight days of a presidency before a new administration takes office. Included in the list of pardons, however, were some standouts: the president had authorized pardons for four former U.S. service members who were convicted of killing civilians in Iraq while working there as contractors for the notorious defense giant Blackwater in 2007. The so-called Nisour Squad massacre left 17 Iraqi civilians dead, including two children; outside of similar incidents like the 2005 Haditha massacre, the massacre left “lasting stains” on the U.S. military occupation of the country, as the New York Times put it.

War crimes pardons have become a trend for the Trump administration. In May 2019, Trump pardoned former Army Lt. Michael Behenna, who was imprisoned for five years for the killing of an unarmed Iraqi prisoner in 2008. The following November, Trump granted pardons to Army Maj. Matthew Golsteyn and 1st Lt. Clint Lorance over their respective war crimes charges and restored the rank of Navy Special Warfare Operator First Class Edward Gallagher to the rank of E-7 following his conviction for unlawfully posing with the body of an ISIS fighter he was accused of killing.

https://taskandpurpose.com/analysis/military-war-crimes-pardon/

[PeteS in CA]

Since many/most/all (I didn't do a statistical review and analysis) of these convictions had problems with tainted testimony, activist "investigators", and/or prosecutorial misconduct, Trump's pardons evidence concern for justice, not unseriousness about war crimes.

Further, international "courts" have shown themselves to have been co-opted by anti-American activists, proving those "courts" unworthy of trust. Justice is blind; current international "courts" are not. This is also true for the nation of Israel, BTW. Americans rightly distrust and refuse to acknowledge these "courts"' jurisdiction over Americans.

[catfish1957]

That Hillary was basically not only not held accountable for Benghazi, but rewarded with a POTUS nomination?

Some of these questions basically answer themselves......

[skeeter]

That Hillary was basically not only not held accountable for Benghazi, but rewarded with a POTUS nomination?

Some of these questions basically answer themselves......

That Obama was not held accountable for the up to 120 innocent civilian deaths which occurred during his targeted drone strike program?

War crimes only matter to the rats and international left when they can be used politically.

[Wingnut]

The Biden Four were railroaded.  Trump did a good thing.