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Its mortar or whether its a shell or whether its a missile from an airplane, there are obligations. people cannot under the laws of war do what they want with impunity. >> how is it possible to go from just holding a private or a sergeant responsible versus this is systemic. they were told to do this. and it goes up the ladder. you hold colonels, generals, commanders, president putin responsible. how does that work? >> the important thing is i think its -- nobody is above the law. nobody is bene...

Nobodys beneath it. but whether youre a private or a captain or a colonel or a general or a civilian superior, the basic principles apply to you. nobody gets the get out of free card, nobody gets a free pass. every individual must act with responsibility in the -- in their contact and there is this personal accountability. superior orders is not a defense. it is not enough, um, to attack a civilian object and attack women and children, for example, to say i was told to do so. this is an opportun...

The word “compassion” generally isn’t heard much in the halls of the Pentagon, nevermind in relation to potentially

Colin Powell, who died Monday due to COVID, allowed himself at a crucial juncture of his life to be used to push the U.S. into war. Neither his decision to just follow orders nor his later remorse will save him from historys harsh judgment.

"it was against our will, superior orders". baloney! was that baloney...? it was absolute baloney. because sometimes arent people just obeying orders? they were of course ordered to kill all thejews, but they did it with such enthusiasm, they wanted to brag about how many they killed. you said the lessons of nuremberg for you, you said, "i learned that if we did not devote ourselves to developing effective world law, the same cruel mentality that made the holocaust possible might one day destroy...

Or tried to dojustice, in the broad sense, of holding every criminal accountable. it would have been a practical impossibility, so i was careful in the selection of having a man in custody, having a high rain, having good education, having absolute proof beyond any doubt of his guilt. i had his report, top secret to his commanders, saying how many people were executed. they were not quite accurate, they exaggerated the body count, to show more, how more they killed, and then they said, "it was a...

really? and maybe a bunch of billionaires as well. what many people are asking is to buy or not to buy? that is the question today. ali velshi and christine romans have very, very different opinions on whether you should buy in or not. im curious. do you buy? im on facebook. love facebook. is this going to be apple or not? >> remember, apple went sideways for a long time and almost went out of business first, right? its more like google maybe. google went up. >> both were game changers...