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Israel Isn't the Only Nation Harmed by Mamdani's "Genocide" Charge
(New York Post) Irwin J. Mansdorf and Charles Jacobs - If large civilian casualties alone prove war crimes or genocide, where does that logic stop? Harry Truman authorized the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Franklin Roosevelt directed a total war that leveled German cities. John F. Kennedy dramatically escalated America's involvement in Vietnam, a conflict that claimed immense civilian tolls. Few Americans would call Truman a war criminal or support an ICC warrant for FDR. Deep down, most people understand that war is judged by context, military necessity and, above all, intent. Or, at least, they used to. Falsely labeling the war in Gaza a genocide degrades the entire architecture of global justice. When everything is called genocide, nothing is.