I hold my country to a higher standard than communist rebels and fascist brown shirts.
I am pretty sure most educated people realize that communist insurgents throughout history have slaughtered civilians and committed heinous war crimes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/19/opinion/vietcong-generals-atrocities.html
The Bolsheviks burned down the church in my grandfather's village.....with the priest locked inside it.
The fire bombing of German and Japanese cities by Allied air forces in WW2 cannot be justified ethically.
I believe most liberals would like to see international institutions that hold war criminals accountable beefed up, aka the War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague, et al. International law can always be improved and beefed up to put potential war criminals on notice.
However, I have never noticed conservatives showing even a slight interest in international law, or working with the international community to beef up war crimes investigation tribunals. The fact that a lot of conservatives were cheering for water boarding and the torture of prisoners actually wreaked havoc on or credibility as a nation committed to justice and the rule of law.
