Marakesh ð“…¦ on Nostr: "In 'When in the Course of Human Events: Arguing the Case for Southern Secession' ...
"In 'When in the Course of Human Events: Arguing the Case for Southern Secession' Charles Adams wrote of how the first Geneva Convention on War took place in 1863, followed by three more, with the last one being in 1949. The 1863 convention codified the laws of war as were understood at the time to say:
"1) Attacking defenseless cities and towns was a war crime;
"2) Plundering and wantonly destroying civilian property was a war crime; and
"3) Only necessities could be taken from a civilian population, and they had to be paid for.
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"Some historians, Adams wrote, claimed that these laws were the laws of war for four centuries and that they were all broken by the Lincoln regime. The lawlessness of the Lincoln regime, in other words, set the stage for the military atrocities of the twentieth century."
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/08/thomas-dilorenzo/the-american-way-of-war-2/#:~:text=In%20When%20in,the%20twentieth%20century.
"1) Attacking defenseless cities and towns was a war crime;
"2) Plundering and wantonly destroying civilian property was a war crime; and
"3) Only necessities could be taken from a civilian population, and they had to be paid for.
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"Some historians, Adams wrote, claimed that these laws were the laws of war for four centuries and that they were all broken by the Lincoln regime. The lawlessness of the Lincoln regime, in other words, set the stage for the military atrocities of the twentieth century."
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/08/thomas-dilorenzo/the-american-way-of-war-2/#:~:text=In%20When%20in,the%20twentieth%20century.