Why? I mean… yeah, i see the strategic dangers of doing so (including making Putin something of a martyr), but otherwise? I think at this point in the war (or the world) nobody really cares any more about the rules and customs of war.
With regular bombs targeting military factories and logistical hubs at night? No, because those are military targets and there was minimal risk to civilians. Firebombing residential areas? Absolutely.
The worst part is, killing shittons of civilians isn’t even useful. When Germany shifted bombing from airfields and military targets to terror-bombing london, they gave the airfields and factories breathing room to rebuild the RAF and eventually win the battle of Britain. Murdering 20% of the population of Korea north of the 38th didn’t allow the US to push up, poisoning the center of vietnam to cause a famine and sending B-52s to carpet bomb the north did nothing to break the Vietnamese resistance. Bombing hospitals and weddings in Afghanistan didn’t make the Afghan people decide to stop resisting.
With regular bombs targeting military factories and logistical hubs at night? No, because those are military targets and there was minimal risk to civilians.
I bet - if she was still around - my grandma would have a good laugh at the “minimal risk” part…
But besides that: Bombing a parade where high ranking military personal and valuable military hardware is present is then surely ok - especially if you consider how much more precisely targeted a drone strike is compared to bombing raids in WWII
A parade is still a parade, an attack would likely kill civilians attending and definitely be a warcrime.
Honestly… i don’t think that this would matter in this particular war anymore…
You still can’t bomb parades.
Why? I mean… yeah, i see the strategic dangers of doing so (including making Putin something of a martyr), but otherwise? I think at this point in the war (or the world) nobody really cares any more about the rules and customs of war.
No you still can’t bomb a fucking parade what the fuck is wrong with you?
Ok, let me ask you a little question about history: Was it a war crime to bomb… say… the Ruhr valley in Germany during WWII?
With regular bombs targeting military factories and logistical hubs at night? No, because those are military targets and there was minimal risk to civilians. Firebombing residential areas? Absolutely.
The worst part is, killing shittons of civilians isn’t even useful. When Germany shifted bombing from airfields and military targets to terror-bombing london, they gave the airfields and factories breathing room to rebuild the RAF and eventually win the battle of Britain. Murdering 20% of the population of Korea north of the 38th didn’t allow the US to push up, poisoning the center of vietnam to cause a famine and sending B-52s to carpet bomb the north did nothing to break the Vietnamese resistance. Bombing hospitals and weddings in Afghanistan didn’t make the Afghan people decide to stop resisting.
I bet - if she was still around - my grandma would have a good laugh at the “minimal risk” part…
But besides that: Bombing a parade where high ranking military personal and valuable military hardware is present is then surely ok - especially if you consider how much more precisely targeted a drone strike is compared to bombing raids in WWII
Was your grandma german? My Grampa was in a B-17 lol.
Just a bit?
But they could make a nice show with colored smoke.
Disrupting a parade with colored smoke is not a war crime. Blowing up a bunch of civilians at a parade is.