To punish the foe - especially the vanquished foe - for conduct in which the enforcing nation has engaged, would be so grossly inequitable as to discredit the laws themselves. (Telford Taylor)

To punish the foe - especially the vanquished foe - for conduct in which the enforcing nation has engaged, would be so grossly inequitable as to discredit the laws themselves.

Telford Taylor

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