Australian Politics Forum - Was the Vietnam war a War Crime?

Bobby. Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 107133 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Was the Vietnam war a War Crime? Reply #30 - Jan 25^th, 2013 at 9:54am Quote: Don't avoid my question Longy - Would Christ have dropped those bombs on the kids? Quote: thats not thw question drongo. the question was if it was a war crime. Dear Longy, of course it was a war crime. Do I have to forgive you for not answering questions?
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FRED. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3698	Re: Was the Vietnam war a War Crime? Reply #31 - Jan 25^th, 2013 at 9:56am Karnal wrote on Jan 25^th, 2013 at 8:17am: Don’t get me started on Nam. Of course it was a bloody war crime. You think we followed the Geneva Convention over there? You trumped up, flagwaving old ladies don’t have a clue about Nam. Don’t get me started. Nam = You mean Veitnam Were you there ii
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... Gold Member Offline Posts: 23673 WA Gender:	Re: Was the Vietnam war a War Crime? Reply #32 - Jan 25^th, 2013 at 10:36am Is there a point to retrospectively branding every single conflict as a "war crime"?
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Soren Gold Member Offline Posts: 25654 Gender:	Re: Was the Vietnam war a War Crime? Reply #33 - Jan 25^th, 2013 at 10:39am Bobby. wrote on Jan 25^th, 2013 at 8:27am: To me - killing innocent people is a war crime. SO which war in history was not a war crime then?
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FRED. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3698	Re: Was the Vietnam war a War Crime? Reply #34 - Jan 25^th, 2013 at 10:40am ... wrote on Jan 25^th, 2013 at 10:36am: Is there a point to retrospectively branding every single conflict as a "war crime"? Dont know ask bobbythebrat
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gold_medal Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3897 Gender:	Re: Was the Vietnam war a War Crime? Reply #35 - Jan 25^th, 2013 at 10:47am it is the same as how we widened the definiton of racism and sexisms so far that it no longer means anything. using booby's definition, virtually everyone in a war is a war criminal.
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Swagman Gold Member Offline Beware of cheap imitations...... Posts: 15095 Illawarra NSW Gender:	Re: Was the Vietnam war a War Crime? Reply #36 - Jan 25^th, 2013 at 10:48am Bobby. wrote on Jan 25^th, 2013 at 8:27am: Just added a poll. Was the Vietnam war a War Crime? To me - killing innocent people is a war crime. Well our medical professionals scraped out on average about 1500 unborn babies this week. Is that a war crime too?
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Re: Was the Vietnam war a War Crime?
Reply #37 - Jan 25^th, 2013 at 10:56am

Swagman wrote on Jan 25^th, 2013 at 10:48am:

Bobby. wrote on Jan 25^th, 2013 at 8:27am:

Just added a poll.

Was the Vietnam war a War Crime?

To me - killing innocent people is a war crime.

Well our medical professionals scraped out on average about 1500 unborn babies this week.

Is that a war crime too?

are the innocents killed in car accidents also as the result of war crimes?

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... Gold Member Offline Posts: 23673 WA Gender:	Re: Was the Vietnam war a War Crime? Reply #38 - Jan 25^th, 2013 at 10:59am You know what we need? A war. That'll thin out the number of men male herblings who have nothing better to do than bitch and whine about previous conflicts transgressing some nominal "laws".
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Dnarever Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 59374 Here Gender:	Re: Was the Vietnam war a War Crime? Reply #39 - Jan 25^th, 2013 at 11:20am There were many events in the war which would be considered war crimes but our involvment in the war itself was quite legitimate. Our involvment was on request from the legitimate government which had been invaded.
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FRED. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3698	Re: Was the Vietnam war a War Crime? Reply #40 - Jan 25^th, 2013 at 11:23am Dnarever wrote on Jan 25^th, 2013 at 11:20am: There were many events in the war which would be considered war crimes but our involvment in the war itself was quite legitimate. Our involvment was on request from the legitimate government which had been invaded. Thank you for that bit of truth
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Reply #41 - Jan 25^th, 2013 at 11:27am

Swagman wrote on Jan 25^th, 2013 at 10:48am:

Bobby. wrote on Jan 25^th, 2013 at 8:27am:

Just added a poll.

Was the Vietnam war a War Crime?

To me - killing innocent people is a war crime.

Well our medical professionals scraped out on average about 1500 unborn babies this week.

Is that a war crime too?

Where is your "evidence" of that?

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Re: Was the Vietnam war a War Crime?
Reply #42 - Jan 25^th, 2013 at 11:33am

gold_medal wrote on Jan 25^th, 2013 at 10:56am:

Swagman wrote on Jan 25^th, 2013 at 10:48am:

Bobby. wrote on Jan 25^th, 2013 at 8:27am:

Just added a poll.

Was the Vietnam war a War Crime?

To me - killing innocent people is a war crime.

Well our medical professionals scraped out on average about 1500 unborn babies this week.

Is that a war crime too?

are the innocents killed in car accidents also as the result of war crimes?

Silly weekend,
No because there wasn't a war - dummy.

Always the strawman argument from Longweekend.
Do you believe your own fallacies?

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Re: Was the Vietnam war a War Crime?
Reply #43 - Jan 25^th, 2013 at 11:33am

FRED. wrote on Jan 25^th, 2013 at 9:56am:

Karnal wrote on Jan 25^th, 2013 at 8:17am:

Don’t get me started on Nam. Of course it was a bloody war crime. You think we followed the Geneva Convention over there?

You trumped up, flagwaving old ladies don’t have a clue about Nam. Don’t get me started.

Nam = You mean Veitnam

Were you there Wink

You're bloody right I've been there. And I know how to spell Vietnam, you goose.

Stop talking out of your arse. If you think bombing a nation of rice farmers back to the stone age does not constitute a war crime - and, just to be on the safe side, popping into the countries next door and bombing the sh!t out of them as well - you're a bigger dill than most the other nuts in this thread.

And that's saying something. Look at them.

Sure. The Amerikan-backed Diem invited us all in to defend South Vietnam - it was a bit embarrassing for Menzies to send in the troops before he got the letter, but who's going to complain? And tell me this - which Cambodian and Laotian leaders invited us in to blow them up?

The Yanks dropped more TNT on Cambodia than they did in the entire second world war. It was known as Nixon's secret war. How can you drop more ammo than WWII on a tiny country in South East Asia and keep it a secret?

It was only kept secret from the Amerikan voters, but they're easily conned. How many of them can spell Vietnam?

Thanks for the spelling lesson, son. Maybe your next lesson can be about what constitutes a war crime.

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Bobby. Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 107133 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Was the Vietnam war a War Crime? Reply #44 - Jan 25^th, 2013 at 11:33am Dnarever wrote on Jan 25^th, 2013 at 11:20am: There were many events in the war which would be considered war crimes but our involvment in the war itself was quite legitimate. Our involvment was on request from the legitimate government which had been invaded. But what did kids in villages have to do with it?
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Question: Was the Vietnam war a War Crime?
yes 12 (42.9%) no 15 (53.6%) not sure 1 (3.6%) Total votes: 28 « Created by: Bobby. on: Jan 25^th, 2013 at 8:27am »