How does this sit with the understanding that waging a war of aggression is a war crime? Or is this war colorably not a war of aggression? I barely know anything about the law of war.

April 07, 2026 - 04:27 UTC

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That's 'jus ad bello' which is a crime only for those with the political authority to decide whether or not to start the war.

Separately, there is 'jus in bello' which is about crimes in the conduct of a war, which can be committed by regular soldiers, even if they are obeying orders.
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