My impression is that these Australian soldiers are wrongly accused of war crimes.
It can be difficult to comprehend, but when an enemy fights behind civilian shields, if our side shoots the civilians in the process of killing the enemy, responsibility for the civilian deaths lies with the enemy and not our troops.
It is true that we often don't take the shot to spare the civilians, but that doesn't change the responsibility.
About Me
- Brian J. Dunn
- I live and write in Ann Arbor, Michigan. University of Michigan AB and MA from Eastern Michigan University. One term in the Michigan Army National Guard. Former American history instructor and retired nonpartisan research analyst. I write on Blogger and Substack. Various military and private journals have published my occasional articles on military subjects. See "My Published Works" on the TDR web version or under the mobile version drop-down menu for citations and links.
