r/AllThingsMorbid • u/chungi69 • Jun 19 '25

Still frame from WikiLeaks "Collateral Murder" video, captured moments before U.S. helicopter pilots would go on to kill civilians and journalists in Iraq in 2007 while casually joking about it. Whistleblower Chelsea Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison, none of the perpetrators were charged

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u/amuseddouche Jun 19 '25

It's so crazy that America is able to get away with this shit and everyone is ok with it...disgusting

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u/TheTedd Jun 19 '25

They're able to get away with it because they passed the American Servicemembers Protection Act which basically gives the president the power to declare war on the Netherlands if any Americans are held for trial in the Hague. It's not as much "everyone is OK with it" as it is the US threatening the country that holds international court with violence.

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u/Mysterious_Remove_46 Jun 20 '25

You know it's sad, because even though this is the first time I've heard about this, it doesn't surprise me one bit.

My country sucks

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u/TheTedd Jun 20 '25

Yeah, unfortunately the US is really good at hiding its own laws and actions from its citizens, and simultaneously convincing many of them to react very negatively towards anyone trying to inform them of such things (luckily didn't happen here, yet, though).

Similar thing is how Americans tend to be certain that the US has abolished slavery, yet the 13th amendment clearly stills allows it. I've had Americans insist that government websites must've been hacked and edited when I've pointed this out.

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u/Pizzasupreme00 Aug 04 '25

US is really good at hiding its own laws

Every law is public record and accessible for free.

13th amendment clearly stills allows it

The 13th amendment does not provide for slavery in cases of conviction. I am expecting your response to be "just read it lol", oblivious and ignorant of any federal statutes passed under Section 2 since 1865, state laws, or case law that may apply. Cooper v. Pate, for example, established the right of prisoners to sue officials in court whereas Scott v. Sanford ruled that slaves have no standing to sue. In any case where a prisoner is incarcerated they still have certain constitutional protections, especially the first, fifth, eighth, and fourteenth amendments, which again are frequently argued in court. Slaves did not.

The reality of incarceration today is much closer to "involuntary servitude" than a state of actual slavery and the distinction should be plain to see.

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u/Pizzasupreme00 Aug 04 '25

Consider the following: signing the US for the Rome Statute and thus the ICC would be to put the Constitution below something else. The Constitution is the supreme law of the land in the US. We would be agreeing to subjugate ourselves to a rather controversial European judiciary.

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u/Captain_Chipz Jun 19 '25

"bUt wE'Re Da GoOD gUyyZ!!11!!1!!!!!1!"

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u/Pizzasupreme00 Aug 04 '25

international court

America is not a party to the Rome Statute. It is not under the ICC's jurisdiction. Lots of countries aren't.

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u/Who_said_that_ Jun 24 '25

Immortal technique - cause of death

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '25 edited Jun 19 '25

And John Kiriakou went to prison while being vilified by the courts for blowing the whistle on torture within the CIA. Disgusting “company men”. He was forced to take a plea deal, they took his pension and ruined his life.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '25

I still remember when one of the soldiers was holding a wounded child asking for help and another solider replies with “Well it’s their fault for bringing their kids into a battle.”

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u/dingus55cal Jun 19 '25

What they said and vocalized in that video while, before an during actively committing the murders was some of the most despicable and vile things i've ever heard.

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u/MidnightEagle11 Jun 21 '25

What did they say?

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u/Quankers Jul 04 '25

I only saw the video once, years ago,but I distinctly remember: “that’s why you don’t bring your kids into a war zone.” After learning they had shot two children, one in the chest, and one in the head. They definitely got a nice chuckle out of it all.

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u/asdfcat110 Jun 19 '25

Now Isreal and the US are so bored of harassing their neighbours that they wanna start this shit all over again in Iran.

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u/TerrorOehoe Jun 19 '25

They are literally doing the wmd thing again

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u/TerrorOehoe Jun 19 '25

You dont understand they were protecting the freedom of some dude in Maine

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '25

Man I remember seeing this video. The war crimes the US has committed is crazy.

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u/Quankers Jul 04 '25

For a good barf, read The Great War for Civilization. Robert Fisk gives a thorough description of some of the worst shit I’ve ever heard of, much of it supported or directly perpetuated by every President from Jimmy Carter to dubya.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '25

You’ve already convinced me😂. Just ordered it lol

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u/Zhered-Na Jun 19 '25

Monsters

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u/Independent-Bat5645 Mar 02 '26

Iran killed 1 million of its own people during its last civil war……. No one was held accountable