return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agoUkrainian drones now spray 4,000° F thermite streams right into Russian trenchesarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squaretias@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·25 days agoYeah I’m not sure that war crimes work that way. You don’t get a pass because the opponent is doing illegal things.
minus-squaremichaelmrose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·24 days agoYou literally get a pass because its not illegal to set an enemy on fire any more than its illegal to blow a hole in their guts with a bullet or fill their torso full of shrapnel. I’m not sure why you think it would be.
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agoUsing incendiaries away from civilians isn’t a war crime regardless of which side uses them
Yeah I’m not sure that war crimes work that way. You don’t get a pass because the opponent is doing illegal things.
You literally get a pass because its not illegal to set an enemy on fire any more than its illegal to blow a hole in their guts with a bullet or fill their torso full of shrapnel. I’m not sure why you think it would be.
Using incendiaries away from civilians isn’t a war crime regardless of which side uses them