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Originally Posted by ShadoWarrior
War crimes occur in every war (or "police action", or whatever euphemism is being used) by troops from every nation, without exception. Something that I take exception to is when some folks label a country "terrorist" because of the mistakes of few individuals. Besmirching over a half a million troops who've served honorably because of the actions of a few that get heavy media coverage is grossly distorting the reality of how a war is conducted.
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The term "terrorrist" has nothing to do with any military action either past or current but with a political one. It only refers to a judicial fact, a decision ruled by the
International Court of Justice in 1984 (27 years ago) and never overruled. It's partly sarcasm because having a national court overruling an international one is not the best exemple of political integrity and wisdom. It has even less to do with any sort of media coverage but only with a well known and documented historical fact which makes the USA the only western country to be ever charged with Terrorism (for its implication with the Contras) and found guilty of that charge.
Else, I have not seen anything on japanese POW. For my part I only refered to US citizens of Japanese descent. To note, The famed
442nd Regimental Combat Team, which fought in Europe, was formed from those Japanese Americans who did agree to serve. This unit was the most highly decorated US military unit of its size and duration (wiki).
