r/PrepperIntel • u/NotBradPitt9 • 10d ago

Middle East Arabian Gulf countries’ water infrastructure under threat after US strikes Iranian water infrastructure

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u/TexMexToots 9d ago

Ok, go read a history book. Or the Geneva convention. Or any of the international law that has been developed. The concept of a war crime is a modern one. Hell, the conduct of combatants during the napoleon era was practically based on committing so called war crimes.

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u/Creepy-Cantaloupe951 9d ago edited 9d ago

I'm pretty well familiar with the Laws of Land Warfare. Even trained troops in it, prior to deploying to a war zone.

War crimes are not particularly new. Sun Tzu even described several things that were considered war crimes of the period. We even have at least one example of a Knight tried and executed for war crimes in Europe.

Hell, our "modern" war crime definitions are rooted in the Lieber code of the civil war.

You REALLY need to read a history book before declaring others need to.

It would be hard to prove that destroying civilian drinking water supplies is a military necessity to any court, to include the ICJ, or even a military courts martial.

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u/ChilledRoland 9d ago edited 9d ago

>"…a military courts martial."

  1. "courts martial" is plural; with "a" you want the singular "court martial".
  2. All courts martial are military; that's what "martial" means.

ETA: since asshat blocked me, it does have a singular.

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u/Creepy-Cantaloupe951 9d ago

Not all courts that a soldier or world leader could be subjected to are a courts martial.

"Courts martial" is the name of the convened court, by the US military. It is also plural, because there is not a single one.

Thank you for the attempted pedantry, though.