If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The author suggests that if international laws of war were applied consistently, US presidents would be held accountable.
- In plain terms
- If war laws were applied equally, US leaders would face punishment.
- What can you take from it?
- International laws of war are often applied inconsistently.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Should leaders be held to the same laws as soldiers?
- How is international law enforced?
Another view
The legal application of Nuremberg laws to modern presidents is debatable.
More from Noam Chomsky
An extensive and detailed poll was released by ABC, BBC, and Japan's NHK, on September 10. The media had to labor overtime to keep it out of sight, because it …
Permalink to quote #122 On May 27, the New York Times published one of the most incredible sentences I've ever seen. They ran an article about the Nixon-Kissinger interchanges. Kissin…
Permalink to quote #124 If the country had been flooded with several 100,000 troops, as Shinseki advised, and if the orders had not been so grotesque (stand by quietly while the cultu…
Permalink to quote #121
Related quotes
As Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Oregon National Guard - with more than 1300 Guard troops and many other Oregon soldiers deployed overseas - it is my …
Ted KulongoskiTed Kulongoski quote #2 Hitler gave us orders - and we believed in him. Then he commits suicide and leaves us to bear the guilt. He should have remained alive to bear his share.
Wilhelm KeitelWilhelm Keitel quote #4 I strongly object to the fact that this stupid operation in the Ardennes is sometimes called the 'Rundstedt Offensive'. This is a complete misnomer. I had noth…
Gerd von RundstedtGerd von Rundstedt quote #7