Golden Fleece said:
Why don't you re-read what I actually stated. It is very clear.
It is the difference between a rogue police officer who rousts black men (and gets disciplined or fired if he gets caught) -- and institutionalized racism throughout an entire police force whose racism operates with the knowledge and consent of the police chief and all his subordinates.
So, if you can understand that simple analogy, now re-read what I stated earlier:
There is a huge difference between war crimes committed by individual soldiers or units
without any authorization from their command structure -- versus a command structure that
orders its soldiers to commit war crimes or that does nothing to stop them once it has knowledge of ongoing war crimes.
This is a very simple concept. Quite elemental. I don't see why you cannot understand the clear contrast between these two positions. Perhaps you come from a culture where all elements of society are so thoroughly corrupt that you can see no distinction, because everyone in government is so dishonest and unprincipled. If so, that is very sad. It is the difference between institutionalized savagery and civilization.
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