https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_bombardment_and_international_law

Those pictures of a B-52 dropping seemingly endless streams of bombs are demonstrating a war crime.

“In 1977, Protocol I was adopted as an amendment to the Geneva Conventions, prohibiting the deliberate or indiscriminate attack of civilians and civilian objects, even if the area contained military objectives, and the attacking force must take precautions and steps to spare the lives of civilians and civilian objects as possible.”

Remember “Shock and Awe”, the bombing of downtown Baghdad to open W’s Iraq war?  Designed to demoralize Iraqi citizens?  Not only terrorism, but a war crime.  As is all carpet bombing.  Don’t hear much about that in the US, I’m afraid, because it’s what the B-52 does best.”

There is a duty for defenders to minimize exposure to bombing.

“However, forces occupying near densely populated areas must avoid locating military objectives near or in densely populated areas and endeavor to remove civilians from the vicinity of military objectives. Failure to do so would cause a higher civilian death toll resulting from bombardment by the attacking force and the defenders would be held responsible, even criminally liable, for these deaths.”

Unfortunately, the US, over and over and over, bombs without regard for civilian casualties and then tries to justify it later.  For instance, bombing the Chinese embassy, al-Jazeera, Doctors-Without-B0rders and the many, many errant attacks which have had the Afghanis begging for years for the US to stop targeting civilians.

There certainly are enough war crimes to go around, none of which seem to be prosecuted.  That’s why there are so many.