For those who support the Iraq war how do you feel when American / British troops commit war crimes?

Macky

War crimes are a stain on the human soul. On those that commit them, and on humanity as a hole.
With out war their would be no war crimes. Are to nations voted in the governments, that sent solders who were ill equipped mentally, to cope with the stresses of battle..
Small wonder these things happen..
I fear we however must assume some responsibility.

Leogirl0804

Each case will be tried in a military court of law. I'm satisfied with that. I don't know the specific so I cannot judge either way. The military does a darn good job of policing its own.

R C

Well, first of all, we are not fighting a country, hence the Geneva Convention should not apply. Secondly, there are crimes that can not be explained, however, when you come under fire and the perpetrators hide behind civilians that sometimes are helping those terrorists, then I would say kill them all. Rather see them dead than see our soldiers dead.

wild1

How much is the fine?..

mcc123

It doesn't bother me because I know that there are bad apples in every lot no matter how good most of them are

CHARITY G

I don't know. I guess the would have to commit war crimes first. Islamic militants are not covered under the Geneva convention.

=]]

I feel hurt, but still always have faith on them.
hope this help. wish you a good day!

Ellen W

It's disgraceful and embarrasses the country.

rusty s

god man war cant happen without warcrimes people are people its never going to change get over it, its an inevitable part of it there is no stopping its only happened a handfull of times,
besides the terrorists technically arnt under the geneva convention they behead people they fight in civilian clothing they suicide bomb civilians all against parts of the geneva convention people in plain cloths without military markings are not protected by the geneva convention due to the fact that they have no country to fight for

elmjunburke

Civilians are guilty of all sort of crimes. Soldiers are no different than civilians in that respect
Laws are broken at all levels, in and out of the army. in every country, at every lrvel of authority.
All that we, or anyone else can do is to punish those who break laws.
A soldier breaking an international law is not a reflection on his country inless it's a policy of that army, or if the army lets the crime go unpunished.

Beautiful

i fell as if you should go to the war and find out

producer_vortex

Look at who you are listening to.

There have been few war crimes committed by our soldiers or
by British soldiers. The ones that did occur where handled
properly.

Tracker

I feel that the people that report these 'crimes' should have to face what our soldiers have to face, By the way how did you feel when YOUR country men were committing' war crimes'?

YORKSHIRE

I support the troops on the ground.

The people that I would like to see brought to justice are the political masters that ordered the illegal invasion and occupation of a sovereign state.

greenonion

iam sorry , war is ugly , my dad a 20 year man told us a long time ago , to get a job done you do it and ugly is part of war , we are talking about a part of the world that has no, heart for any one not there own people i say do what has to be done .......

Those who commit war crimes should be punished.

But, the accusations of journalists, or the enemy, are not sufficient to convict a person of war crimes --- or so say the courts.

Yes, since there are bad individuals in every society, some will appear in the military. That in itself does not invalidate the war.

shrty0525

I don't like it. But I'm not there and don't know the full story.

Neither are you.

Roadkill

Well there are war crimes and there are war crimes. For example the out of uniform combatants captured on battlefields could be executed on the spot. That does not violate the Geneva convention. It seems a little cheesy to complain about how they are treated after they are captured when they could have been executed on the battle field in full compliance with the Geneva conventions.

You also have to keep in mind soldiers are individuals and get outside the lines. There are American soldiers in prison in the U.S. for getting out of line in Iraq. I wonder how many terrorist are in some terrorist prison camp for violating Geneva conventions. Some how I don't think they police themselves the same way we do.

jabberwockylovesSushi

an unfortunate result of all wars. unavoidable and tragic

Think Dodger Blue

I think the war crimes should be charged to bush. In the end he's the one who started all this crap
And I might add he started it without good reason. No proof of WMD
**** BUSH

Ed z

WAA WAA WAA
That is all I can say since 3,000 died on 9-11-2001

bear8357

Its dog eat dog,then you might as well be a WOLF.

mowhokman

well when you train men/women to carry out the acts required to wage war this type of thing is always going to happen. it goes hand in hand with war. it is an unfortunate by product that will never be stoped.

kveryeffective

Tell you what when you hold both sides to the same level about war crimes get back to me.

If you are going to say complain on very few incidents compare to the thousands done by the Muslim terrorists.
btw: When they are found out most of the time our guys do time.

Can you say the same about the other side.

kavekarst

I think the Iraq invasion and occupation derived from information presented for justification that subsequently has been proven as falsehood. I'm not happy about the conduct of the American Government. I'm not a citizen of the UK
and have no opinion on British Iraq involvement.
Likewise Spain, Italy, etc. - etc.

takethatrasputin

The laws of war neither approve nor condemn such acts, which fall outside their scope. However, nations that have signed the UN Convention Against Torture have committed themselves not to use torture on anyone for any reason. Citizens and soldiers of nations which have not signed the Fourth Geneva Convention are also not protected by it (Article 4: "Nationals of a State which is not bound by the Convention are not protected by it".), whether they are spies or terrorists. Also, citizens and soldiers of nations which have not signed and do not abide by the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions are not protected by them. (Article 2, of both Conventions: "[The High Contracting Parties] shall furthermore be bound by the Convention in relation to [a Power which is not a contracting party], if the latter accepts and applies the provisions thereof". note: emphasis added)

So while such acts are frowned upon, no illegal acts have been committed. Please don't cite the Geneva or Hague conventions without first reading them.

When dealing with animals, one must sometimes become the animal to win.

Mr-Watts

Well, you are clearly of a Guardian persuasian, so this should be simple - The war in Iraq is not a bad thing as we have successfully killed Saddam Hussein. Yes, his Tonyness is an idiot and used the wrong reason to go in, but at least something good came out of it.

So, rather than doing your best to undermine peoples sons and daughters who are fighting a war they didn't choose to go to, why not just stop whinging and accept it. Be proud that there are people willing to lay their lives on the line for our freedom...

Incidentally, Do you wear a poppy on November 11th?

007

un uniformed, terrorist have not entered into the Geneva convention so they have no Geneva convention rights, plain and simple, a terrorist wants to kill Innocent people, the more the better, anything that they get they deserve, I say put the red hot poker in their eye.

wild-man of Borneo

Just a few black sheeps self exposing the misery on the blunders and slip-ups with human errors in the creation of living human kind into mankind of intelligent design were doing things at their own whims and fancy.
when they self expose that they could not differentiate between fantasy and reality or ghostly stories in planet of apes..
Most of the troops of both teams stay in line and they don't do things at their own whims and fancy out there.
The black sheeps will always get themselves caught at the end of the day.
So it will be wise for them to stay in line out there in planet of apes.

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