Same reason we don’t prosecute any of the other war crimes.
I’ll take “Prosecutors are complicit” for 1000 Alex.
Just responding to the headline prompt (which might be rhetorical) I almost feel like it might also be hard to “prove.”
It’s undeniably horrible and obviously deliberate, but when international conflict between powers is on the line, maybe it’s more of a “soft weapon” to which the offender can point and go “Who’s to say we directly caused their lack of food? Maybe we’re just blocking trade that happens to be food because we don’t get along lately? Sounds like their problem!”
Kinda like how how authoritarian capitalists love to exploit masses of people, then shove burdens like poverty, hunger, and a destroyed environment onto the back of the individual.
But this is after a ridiculously heinous chain of deliberate war crimes in a row observed the world over, and no prosecution is happening.
Starvation is a tool of Capital.
Our economies depend on the threat of starvation and homelessness, but too much makes people unruly, so we set limits.
Because international law is extremely difficult to enforce without causing an international conflict.
WW2 started because Germany invaded Poland and the UK said “Enough!”. Was the UK wrong to start the conflict? They weren’t attacked, or even under threat.
Yes. Enforcement means conflict.
The UK had a defence treaty with Poland though. Had this treaty not existed, the UK would’ve probably done nothing.
The UK didn’t start the conflict, it was Germany who forced them to act or lose all trust in upholding international treaties.
International law is made of treaties. Enforcing treaties is enforcing international law. Doing so means conflict.
Of course the US had a defence treaty with Ukraine to convince them to give up their nukes. When Russia violated their borders the US did nothing…twice (2014 - Obama and 2022 Biden). So maybe they don’t have any value more than the paper they’re written on.
Nope, the treaty with Ukraine (purposefully) never specified consequences for anyone violating it. It only said (I’m paraphrasing here because I don’t want to look it up) that the signatories will respect Ukraine’s borders.
The US respects this treaty still and doesn’t recognize Russia’s claims to Ukrainian land. The lack of specified consequences for anyone violating it makes the treaty nearly worthless.
Signing “I will respect your border” is very much different from “I will defend your borders”.
Because then Capitalism wouldn’t exist.
Because the privileged, who profit from the status-quo aren’t suffering, so why would they tolerate any violation-of the status-quo?
( prosecuting white-collar-crime, XOR abuse-of-autority, simply won’t ever happen under any establishment-regime, in proportion to the effect of the actual crime or abuse-of-authority:
Authority is a downward-chopping-axe, not the upright-double-edged-sword that the various statues of Justice pretend our world wields.
Gaslighting is the most-established “communication” establishment has formed the world with.
From the oligarchy/monarchy-is-best-for-the-masses of Adam Smith & Ronald Reagan, to the rule-of-legalism gaslighting about being rule-of-Just-law.
“There is no group so conservative as a group of radicals who just won rule of their own region.” has too much truth in it.
Humankind doesn’t have the SPINE to be loyal to objective-integrity, instead of being loyal to political/ideological motivation, according to the entire-ocean-of-evidence, does it? )
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So why is it so rarely prosecuted?
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The worst crime in war, which is prerequisite to guilt for any other crime, is losing
What is this word prosecuted?
In this case, to bring legal charges against.
That’s a thing we do?
Against who? Trump? Putin? Netanyahu? Lmao
Laws are optional for kings.
Against the lower classes.
Crimes against the rich?
Prosecuting war crimes are only followed or ignored by those with the biggest guns and bombs.
Unfortunately with smaller nations, it’s understandable that those with lesser military strength might “strongly condemn” actions but not be willing to pay a massive cost if the bully says “Lol. Make me.”
