Stefania Maurizi, John Goetz and Christian Mihr discussed in Georg Büchner Buchladen (bookshop) in Berlin about: “What is the Purpose of Journalism if War Crimes Are Not Allowed to be Published?”.
I think this is a good question for discussion. What do you think?
I think the question is deliberately naive and baiting.
The accusation of “war crimes” requires an actual, full investigation (and trial) to be completely valid and/or meaningful.
Instead, it’s thrown out any time an act of war appears to be particularly unfair or evil, often without full context or detail.
Who does the trial so its valid?
If you were accused of a war crime, who would you want involved?
Accuser, defender, and as close as possible to a neutral host/judge/jury?
It seems that’s the best we can do.
If I was a fascist, like those accused of said war crimes, I’d want to rig the system so that I wouldn’t get in trouble. Why not paint neutral groups as hostile so I get to pick my trial?