MGSC12H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: War Crime
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Agent orange - prevent trees from having leaves. Law - nothing abt chemicals in the use of law. He claims he wouldve never authorized illegal action. There is a limit, but he didn"t have one. Didn"t see emphathy on the side of the us. Didn"t care abt what the motives of the vietnamese were. For the us, helping the south v meant threat. North v wanted independence from south v. Mcn said that they didn"t get prosecuted because they won. During the war, need to do everything they can to defend their country. Going into this fight, soldiers will be sacrified. Needed to do what was possible to end the war: used fear, make japan afraid. If they held back, the war would continue & more ppl would die. Dispute: hard to know what is necc or what isnt. Competent & smart child: always competing for that 1st seat, bright child, worked hard to maintain his spot.
