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It's mortar or whether it's a shell or whether it's 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 it's -- nobody is above the law. nobody is beneath it. but whether you're a private or a captain or a colonel or a general or a civilian, nobod...

Nobody's beneath it. but whether you're 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 opportunity and a responsibility to mobilize the law, and set it into battle. not on behalf of ukraine or ...

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 history's harsh judgment.

"it was against our will, superior orders". baloney! was that baloney...? it was absolute baloney. because sometimes aren't 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 the entire human race". so, today, so many years later, here you are in your 98th year, and you lo...