No, but those thing were done upon his orders and much worse. Articles 17-19 are the least grievous of his offenses, I was listing all the violated articles as presented in the potential case that was assembled for thoroughness, I didn’t edit the list to only contain the showstopper ones even though those are there as well, such as torturing enemy combatants or illegal arms sales. The US executed Japanese officers for crimes of war such as water boarding US soldiers, history is interesting that way. Remember Oliver North, what he did was child’s play compared to Rumsfeld and he was officially tried and he acted on orders that were handed down as well, his story was very similar but to a much lesser degree.
I didn’t paint you into any specific political corner, I was simply pointing out that all I had done was as succinctly as possible answer your direct question based on the assembled case against him that hasn’t gone to court. This wasn’t my opinion nor my information, I was simply relaying the case as people who know far more about it then myself had agreed and assembled.
It was my impression that you seemed more interested in refuting the answer without understanding it then in understanding the information provided. that was an assumption on my part and i apologize if it was inaccurate.
I personally care about this issue because the double standard undermines the USA’s position and authority globally and weakens the globally agreed upon conventions for human rights. This is unacceptable and damaging to the US and the world as a whole, and undermines our ability to demand that our own troops receive the same rights we are denying enemy troops. The Geneva Convention was created for this exact reason.
