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Originally Posted by Kobuchi
The Marines in Fallujah are prioritising what you may call force protection, in an urban operation where collateral damage is inevitable. Semantics. I would say they've been ordered to occupy a city by the most cowardly means the Pentagon thinks it can get away with, rather harming civilians than see troops suffer the same harm. The siege of Fallujah amounts to a war crime (several), besides incidental war crimes like detaining or firing on ambulances. "Just following orders", you should know, is not a defense recognised by your country or any international court. Pleading ignorance of the law is no defense either, though it plainly helps you along for the moment. Marines are sworn to obey lawful orders. US law recognises the Geneva Conventions - they aren't "foreign" laws.
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Ok, I should have used this quote, as it was what I was obviously addressing.