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Originally posted by SimeyTheLimey: I'm not sure if I understand what it is you are talking about. If you are suggesting that the US military doesn't take the laws of war seriously, you are wrong. All US troops receive mandatory training on the laws of war, and troops are held accountable for how they conduct themselves in war. Those laws of war are integrated into the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which all US soldiers are bound by. Here is a link to FM 27-10, the law of Land Warfare, which is the main publication used to train US soldiers. |
I think he (engaged) may be referring to the International Criminal Court or The Hague war crimes framework that has been set up in the last few years. No, the US doesn't recognize the authority of some new "court" to prosecute our military officers for war crimes -- we already have a system for that, and subjecting our folks to the whims of European politics is pretty f*cking scary. But I didn't think that UK signed on to that either.
We have our own lawyers in the field (as EvIl points out) and most Americans would see bowing to the ICC as a loss of sovreignty.