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104 points

Russia is already using thermite charges, thermobaric weapons and tear gas. They get what’s coming to them.

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I see where you’re coming from. It’s like tolerating the intolerant. There is a point where Ukraine needs to choose between total destruction by Russia, or doing whatever it takes to get their land and people back.

It’s not like Russia is held accountable for war crimes. Why would we be so critical of Ukraine when no one is doing anything to stop the atrocities of Putin?

I don’t happily endorse the thermite drones, but you won’t find me playing judge on what Ukraine is doing. They didn’t start this war.

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“They did it first” doesn’t support the point, even when they’re as bad as Russia has been.

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“They did it first and continue to do it” is a pretty good reason in my book. The more decicive Russian losses are, the faster public sentiment will turn against Putin.

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I hate war because it makes normal people say shit like this

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Yeah I’m not sure that war crimes work that way. You don’t get a pass because the opponent is doing illegal things.

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You literally get a pass because its not illegal to set an enemy on fire any more than its illegal to blow a hole in their guts with a bullet or fill their torso full of shrapnel. I’m not sure why you think it would be.

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I don’t think this qualifies as a war crime

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40 points

Using incendiaries away from civilians isn’t a war crime regardless of which side uses them

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11 points

If your enemy makes it very clear that they want to see you dead and your nation destroyed no matter the cost, why should you be beholden to giving them an advantage? Ukraine won’t win with moral superiority.

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I think that’s exactly how it should work…

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57 points

Phosphorous too IIRC

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Even the US uses white phosphorus against infantry in violation of international law. I can’t imagine what we’d resort to with Russian soliders on our soil.

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WP isn’t illegal. It’s illegal to torch down civilian structures, with Willy Pete or any other technology. But it’s always been fair game to use incendiaries against combatants. War is hell.

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Lol Russian soldiers on US soil? The US military would do good to hang back, avert their gaze, and let the US citizens handle things how they see fit. Plausible deniability and all that

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Oh man…Geneva convention would be out the window and most land based invaders at that point would probably beg to be shipped back. And it’s not because of the military in America. It’s because of its inhabitants. When the banjos start tuning in the Appalachian forests you know Hell is a safer space than anywhere you’re going to reach.

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23 points

Of course they do, it’s main use is smoke generation.

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16 points

It’s only a violation of international law when used near civilians

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