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[quote=Anonymous]The international legal system that was created after the end of World War II to protect us all has collapsed today. The international legal regime that includes the Geneva conventions, and prosecutions of war criminals, and was created to hold Nazis accountable for what they did to the Jews, officially ended today when Victor Orban rolled out the red carpet for a visit by Ben Netanyahu.

We should all be concerned because if our children go to war, all the rules of war are officially off the table. As a veteran, one of the first things you are taught in basic training used to be the Geneva Conventions. How to treat a prisoner of war, the difference between a combatant and a civilian, what constitutes a war crime. the requirement to ensure civilian infrastructure - like food and water supplies - is not targeted by the war.

The US, over the years, has spent millions documenting evidence and supporting prosecutions of war crimes, by Slobodan Milosevic in Yugoslavia, by Hutus in Rwanda, by ISIS in Iraq, by Bashir Assad in Syia, by Vladimir Putin in Ukraine.

When the Palestinians attacked Israel, and Israel responded by starving the Palestinian people and, their homes, schools and mosques, killing more than 15,000 children and filming the destruction, it was clear to all of us that work in international law that Israel was committing war crimes.

The Biden administration shamefully responded by doing nothing. They did not support documentation of the crimes as they do in other wars. When the International Criminal Court did their job and indicted Netanyahu, the Biden administration called the indictment outrageous, significantly weakening the international legal regime.

Now, by supporting Putin and Netanyahu, the Trump Administration has put the nail in the coffin. Hungary has officially pulled out of the International Criminal Court and others will follow.

Never again will a war criminal be prosecuted for their crimes against civilians or prisoners of war. The law that has protected us all during times of war since World War II is dead. 
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