Idk man, that excuse didn't stick for nazi soldiers at the nürnberg trials and it shouldn't stick for war criminals either. Considering the large civilian death toll from US involved wars, lots of veterans are war criminals by international standards. The US just doesn't prosecute them because that would mean having to prosecute all the leadership too.

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 9 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I didn't say anything about excusing war criminals, obviously everyone who knowingly committed or ordered attrocities should be held accountable. I said we don't need to alienate people whose only crime was falling for the lies of their political leaders, and there are tons of veterans like that.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 weeks ago

There are basically no veterans that have been actively deployed that havent turned a blind eye to crimes. I wouldnt go as far as saying there are no good veterans, but its pretty close.