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coalition_unwilling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-09-06 03:20 PM
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19. Are you using sarcasm to imply that there are
many urban legends out there about the Sudan plant?

I couldn't quite get your tone and, to be honest, I cannot rigorously source the infant formula issue right now. But I have read it in some pretty well-regarded places.

One component of a "war crime" is that it must willfully disregard the distinction between combatant and civilian. For example, if Clinton had reason to believe that Sudanese plant was actually manufacturing WMD, even if in reality it was manufacturing baby formula, then "war crime" becomes more difficult to justify morally. On the other hand, if Clinton made no effort to determine whether afore-mentioned plant was civilian before ordering cruise missile strike upon it, then, bingo, WAR CRIME.
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