• TheLepidopterists [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I saw a thread on worldnews where a Russian POW was saying he'd been ordered to massacre civilians.

    Someone pointed out that if it was true he'd have no reason to say it and he may have been tortured.

    The response was that Ukraine would never ever torture a POW, because it'd risk losing their international goodwill; any torture occuring in Ukraine is being done by the evil Russians.

    I immediately thought of this but I'm banned so I could not say anything.

    • Alaskaball [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      Pretty sure if you're having pows making statements that go beyond listing their name/rank/whatever, especially publically - internationally as well - then I do believe you're in violation of the Geneva conventions because any statements made by pows publically were in the past either coerced or made by fake prisoners

      • leredditor99 [he/him,none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        Libs have already made excuses for that numerous times "Well yes it technically violates the rules governing war BUT [...]" (Usually the explanation is extenuating circumstances warrant it).

        There's one video where they supposedly caught a russian pilot POW and called his wife to tell her they're going to castrate him and for her to look for a new husband. I wonder if that violates any laws.

        • Alaskaball [comrade/them]
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          3 years ago

          pretty sure that's another warcrime, you're not supposed to harrass family members of soldiers.

          • leredditor99 [he/him,none/use name]
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            3 years ago

            That's warcrime-ception. Committing a warcrime (calling his wife) threatening to commit another warcrime (inhumane torture). And that's just with the cameras rolling...

            :sadness-abysmal:

    • Theblarglereflargle [any]
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      3 years ago

      Hey remember how The US said every statement from US POW’s in Vietnam couldn’t be taken at face value even tho most stuck with their claims years later?

      • fox [comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        I spent the next three years in a POW camp, forced to subsist on a thin stew made of fish, vegetables, prawns, coconut milk, and four kinds of rice. I came close to madness trying to find it here in the States, but they just can't get the spices right!