"It is prohibited to attack, destroy, remove, or render useless objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population, such as foodstuffs, agricultural areas for the production of foodstuffs, crops, livestock, drinking water installations and supplies, and irrigation works, for the specific purpose of denying them for their sustenance value to the civilian population or to the adverse Party, whatever the motive, whether in order to starve out civilians, to cause them to move away, or for any other motive."
This is not a war crime "because" it is prohibited by the Geneva Conventions. It is prohibited by the Geneva Conventions "because" it is a war crime.
“It is prohibited to attack, destroy, remove, or render useless objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population, such as foodstuffs, agricultural areas for the production of foodstuffs, crops, livestock, drinking water installations and supplies, and irrigation works, for the specific purpose of denying them for their sustenance value to the civilian population or to the adverse Party, whatever the motive, whether in order to starve out civilians, to cause them to move away, or for any other motive.”
The Yankee Army under the command of Gen. Averel stole my Great-Great Grandmother`s horse. They also sole hundreds of bushels of corn, thousands of split rail fences to use for their campfires, see “Southern Claims Commision “ Alleghany County Va.