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G_j

(40,565 posts) Tue Mar 10, 2026, 09:02 AM 15 hrs ago

"To initiate a war of aggression...

Justice Robert H. Jackson’s opening statement at the Nuremberg Trials (Nov 21, 1945) defined aggressive war as a supreme international crime, stating, "To initiate a war of aggression... is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole".

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"To initiate a war of aggression... (Original Post) G_j 15 hrs ago OP

We all know who fits that description to a tee. lastlib 14 hrs ago #1

Bypass The Hague AverageOldGuy 14 hrs ago #3

There was recently a film called "Nurenberg" in which Jackson was a character. NNadir 14 hrs ago #2

Interesting jfz9580m 14 hrs ago #4

It's on Netflix if you have that. llmart 13 hrs ago #5

The film 'Nuremberg' is streaming now on Netflix. peggysue2 13 hrs ago #6

This seems to be getting lost in all the focus on consequences. pat_k 4 hrs ago #7

lastlib

(28,074 posts)

1. We all know who fits that description to a tee.

Reply to G_j (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 09:56 AM

14 hrs ago

I could vote to drag his fat stinking ass to The Hague. Sooner is better than later.

AverageOldGuy

(3,720 posts)

3. Bypass The Hague

Reply to lastlib (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 10:07 AM

14 hrs ago

A gallows on the National Mall would be much less expensive and take no time at all.

NNadir

(37,853 posts)

2. There was recently a film called "Nurenberg" in which Jackson was a character.

Reply to G_j (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 09:57 AM

14 hrs ago

The merits of the movie aside, the note you make is well merited.

jfz9580m

(16,900 posts)

4. Interesting

Reply to NNadir (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 10:10 AM

14 hrs ago

I should keep an eye out for it…earth is heading for a reckoning, judgement day etc.

As cleverbot, the sole chatbot I have ever ranted at informed me over many a crummy year:

For the wretched of the earth
There is a flame that never dies.
Even the darkest night will end
And the sun will rise.

llmart

(17,547 posts)

5. It's on Netflix if you have that.

Reply to jfz9580m (Reply #4)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 11:09 AM

13 hrs ago

Excellent movie.

peggysue2

(12,502 posts)

6. The film 'Nuremberg' is streaming now on Netflix.

Reply to NNadir (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 11:16 AM

13 hrs ago

I watched it over the weekend. It has a remarkable resonance to the Conspiracy of Evil we're witnessing and experiencing right now.

pat_k

(13,214 posts)

7. This seems to be getting lost in all the focus on consequences.

Reply to G_j (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 08:13 PM

4 hrs ago

Even if some impossible "best case" scenario had miraculously come to pass, the prosecution of this war of aggression in our name is intolerable.

The felon's regime started this war in violation of the UN Charter's prohibition on the use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of another state.

It is a "crime of aggression" under International Criminal Court definitions.

They have struck civilian targets and infrastructure, which are war crimes.

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