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> as a method of warfare

A war or something resembling one must be fought in order for something to be a war crime. Otherwise, you could classify the Irish potato famine or the Holodomor as "war crimes" as well.

Think seriously about whether the court would *really* accept this interpretation of the Rome Statute. Think long and hard about it, don't just reply with whatever knee-jerk response you come up with in the first five seconds. Think of the possible defences and *why they would succeed* in addition to why you think they might fail. And before you attack its impartiality, consider the actual composition of the court and what type of countries criticise it in the first place.

This is not to say those events I mentioned weren't horrific, but the term "war crime" does not fit. You'd be better off arguing a case of genocide instead.

History is nuanced and any attempt to fit it into a snappy five-second sound byte is necessarily not just a crude simplification, but an inaccurate one. History ain't simple and nothing's black and white.
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