This is ridiculous Aside from the reference not actually calling it a war crime saying that some characterize it as one doesn t make it one War crimes are serious violations of the laws of war The key words here are laws and war Unless one lives in a corrupt town laws are made by legislatures or in this case ratified by them after being written and argued over by diplomats in consultation with their military s generals The laws of war were written with the understanding that killing large numbers of people may be a legitimate and necessary part of that process The laws of war were not written by corrupt and ignorant peaceniks sitting around dreaming up what they think would be moral I m deleting this section It s not salvageable