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Let's not forget he willingly did multiple tours, and some for potentially black water (a war crime loving group)
Yup. I was just pointing out how there were no doubts in 2004 the Iraq War was illegal. Platner joined up after then-secretary Powell confessed the whole thing was a sham. It's not like he joined up on September 12th. 2001, naively believing the US was a force for good. He joined when everyone knew what was being done to the Middle East was a crime.
At the point when someone has volunteered to do that many tours, I think the burden of proof is on them to prove that they did not commit war crimes.