At Nuremberg, the U.S. and Britain
pressed
charges against Nazi leaders for waging
aggressive war, points out former Nuremberg
prosecutor Walter Rockler.
charges against Nazi leaders for waging
aggressive war, points out former Nuremberg
prosecutor Walter Rockler.
Now, he writes in the Chicago Tribune, "We
have engaged in a flagrant
military aggression, ceaselessly attacking a small country primarily to
demonstrate that we run the world. The
rationale that we are simply enforcing
international morality, even if it were true,
would not excuse the military aggression and
widespread killing that it entails. It also
does not lessen the culpability of the
authors of this aggression."
military aggression, ceaselessly attacking a small country primarily to
demonstrate that we run the world. The
rationale that we are simply enforcing
international morality, even if it were true,
would not excuse the military aggression and
widespread killing that it entails. It also
does not lessen the culpability of the
authors of this aggression."
