Should Putin be charged with war crimes?

Question

Russia carpet bombed civilian areas in Georgia and killed large numbers of civilians.

This is a violation of International law.

In a war the parties are restricted to military targets only.

Although it does happen that civilians are often killed when military targets are bombed, it is a violation of International Law to deliberately target civilians as Russia has done.

Should Georgia file a complaint against Russia and Putin for war crimes for deliberately targeting civilians?

Answer 1

I see that you have been getting many responses from people who have drunk too much of the radical leftist kool aid.



The answer to your question is an unequivocal yes, Putin should be charged with war crimes.



The current President of Russia is a weak stooge of Putin. All of the orders come from Putin.



Putin is the one who is orchestrating this and is the source of the orders.



Putin is directing the Russian military to target civlians as an instrument of terror.



Georgia has broken with Russia. Putin wants to create terror so that any other Countries who are thinking of breaking with Russia as Georgia has done will be terrified of the consequences.



Putin is an old KGB operative and is trying to recreate the old Russian empire.



Deliberately targeting civilians as Putin has done is a war crime.



In contrast to the United States military which has been very careful to avoid targeting civilians.



In fact a number of United States soldiers are beng prosecuted for accidentally injuring and killing civilians in legitimate miliatary operations against enemy combatants.



To give you an example of the amount of care the United States military has taken to avoid civilian casualties in Iraq, many legitimate attacks on Muslim Terrorists have been aborted because of the presence of civilians who could be injured or killed in an attack on the Muslim Terrorists which would have been legitimate and legal military operations.



Also in many attacks on Muslim Terrorists, the amount of explosives used have been reduced to minimize the likelihood of injury to innocent civilians in the vicinity.



To compare what Putin is doing in Georgia to what the United States is doing in Iraq is absolutely preposterous.



The United Staes has every legal and moral right to clean out the Muslim Terroists from Iraq.



The United States has taken extraordianry efforts to limit casualties in Iraq and only target legitimate miltary targets, such as Muslim Terrorists.



Whether or not Putin is a hero to Russians is irrelevant. Just because Putin is revered among many Russians does not excuse Putin from deliberately attacking Georgian civilians to create Terror.



Putin is a war criminal. Putin must be prosecuted for the war crimes that he is committing in Georgia.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Don't you know that Putin is "God" in Russia? People just love the guy--he has brought Russia back from economic collapse, he is their hero. I've met enough Russians to know that not a lot disagree with Putin---if Putin says--guess what? That's what's done. As far as war crimes go: Putin has committed no more or no less war crimes than others. Bush invaded Iraq and it cost over 100.000 Iraqens their lives--is he getting charged with war crimes? It's unfortunate, but in any war civilians will be suffering.....just look at world war 2. No one has learned any lesson from that horrible suffering back then---no one. I grew up right after the war in Germany---no one gave a crap about us not having enough food or decent shelters. Any war is a crime against humanity, and I don't care about any reason---no reason justifies the suffering brought to the general population and those growing up right after a war....

Answer 4

For your information: "South Ossetia, with a population of about 70,000, declared independence from Georgia in the early 1990s, but it was not internationally recognized. Many ethnic Ossetians feel close to Russia and have Russian passports and use its currency."

G. Bush should be charged with war crimes after Abu Ghraib. He was and is the head of state of the country who committed a well documented war crime.

Answer 5

No. You should be charged with defamation, and the leader of the aggressors in Georgia (for obvious reasons, I don't use a better word to describe them) should be charged with war crimes for massacring South Osetians.

Answer 6

Putin is not the Russian President anymore.

Answer 7

Bush goes into a cell to be tried for war crimes first.

Answer 8

what are you talking about it ?? putin is no longer president go back to school and also georgia is the one which started ths mess

russia is protecting it s citicens

Answer 9

That's rather ironic coming from an American whose army is slaughtering innocent people every day (ntentionally or not hardly matters).



Besides that, Georgia is quite possibly at fault here.

Answer 10

Well, that can only be done if US is charged first. *Think of all those dead Iraqis"



God Bless



Edit:

He who lives in a glass house shouldn't throw stones;-p

Answer 11

No. The most he should be charged with is having a silly name.

Answer 12

If he is then US and Israel should be charged too.