Do War Crimes really exist?

Yes there is such thing as crossing the line even during war. google unit 731 and japanese atrocities. I'd much rather be captured by Germans or Russians than the Japanese.

You serious, Clark?

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Yes there is such thing as crossing the line even during war. google unit 731 and japanese atrocities. I'd much rather be captured by Germans or Russians than the Japanese.

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actually, assuming you aren't a Jew, in WW2 you would much rather be captured the Germans than either the Russians or the Japs.

Dropping not just 1 but 2! atomic bombs on the innocent civilians of Japan was the biggest war crime ever committed. But we won the war so we just pretend it wasn't a big deal. 'Merica.

Dropping one bomb to drive home the point it was ridiculous to continue the war was the goal. However, the Japs refused to surrender & in fact kept on fighting in some areas, so the second bomb was dropped to both end the war and save hundreds of thousands of American lives had an invasion been necessary. Blame the Jap military for the deaths of any innocent civilians. I know my 2 uncles, both serving in the European theater but scheduled to be a part of the invasion force were damn glad the bombs were dropped. You are speaking from the safety of you computer chair at home, almost 70 yrs post war & far removed from the realities of that time period. President Truman did what he felt best to save American lives & end the suffering of millions of people all around the Pacific theater.

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Dropping one bomb to drive home the point it was ridiculous to continue the war was the goal. However, the Japs refused to surrender & in fact kept on fighting in some areas, so the second bomb was dropped to both end the war and save hundreds of thousands of American lives had an invasion been necessary. Blame the Jap military for the deaths of any innocent civilians. I know my 2 uncles, both serving in the European theater but scheduled to be a part of the invasion force were damn glad the bombs were dropped. You are speaking from the safety of you computer chair at home, almost 70 yrs post war & far removed from the realities of that time period. President Truman did what he felt best to save American lives & end the suffering of millions of people all around the Pacific theater.

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The same could be said about the blitz in London, Pearl Harbor, or any number of incidents.

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Pearl Harbor

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Not Pearl Harbor. Pear Harbor was attacking 100% military targets. Yea some civilians could have been killed nearby but the goal was not to terrorize the innocent people but to attack the military of the government that was using an oil embargo against them.

Had the U.S. lost the war, the use of atomic warefare to strike a 100% civilian target would have been the worse war crime ever to occur in modern history, vastly surpassing the Nazi concentration camps. Its funny even today that we try to limit other countries from gaining weapons of mass destruction because we consider them unstable or not responsible to have them. When it is proven there is only 1 country who is irresponsible enough to use such a massive weapon that can only be used to attack civilizations, not armies.

This is legal philosophy territory that I'm too drunk to talk about right now. The answer is "it depends."