That is an interesting link in your #15. “Russian Military Analysts are reporting to Prime Minister Putin today that President Obama this past week ordered...(what you said)”
While it would be within the realm of believability, arguments by our government in a U.S. court of law would be even more astonishing. I really want to see what is on the record in this regard.
For example:
“Equally important to note is that the United States has already had war crimes charges filed against them in the International Criminal Court (ICC) over their invasion of Iraq, and which many Russian legal experts warn could very well place many high-ranking US officials in the position of having arrest warrants issued against them.”
The core problem with the above statement is that Saddam Hussein signed an armistice agreement with ‘the Allies’, a group of over forty nations united militarily against Saddam, after he was chased out of Kuwait. He promised ‘the Allies’ he would cease all hostilities.
In less than 24-hours after signing the armistice, he violated it by shooting at our aircraft. There were thousands more instances of violation over the next ten years or so.
The so-called invasion of Iraq was actually the restart of Desert Storm and perfectly legal internationally.