GrandAdmiralJello posted:Charlemagne19 posted:FTeik posted: He was the highest ranking Imperial the rebels got their dirty hands on. And wouldn't you laugh, too, if a bunch of terrorists claiming to fight for freedom and justice sentences you to death even if you didn't commit a crime? I think if I'm a smart man, I'd probably recognize that my government does the same for them with far more frequency. Can you really fault the rebellion for turnabout if you're an Imperial? Why would you expect mercy from individuals you've never shown any. Yeah, 'cause those "rules of war" things mean nothing. Apparently it's perfectly acceptable to execute a decorated enemy combatant for crimes he didn't commit in a mock trial. Especially if you add the charges 'treason against the New Republic' and 'destruction of Alliance property.' Yup. And we thought the Empire was bad. Just a hint for anyone planning a counterrevolutionary movement: when you officially declare yourself a legitimate government rather than a Rebellion, i.e. the New Republic, it's very bad form to start by immediately conducting in war crimes. What's marginally defensible in a criminal terrorist organization is not acceptable conduct for a legitimate government. Neither is engaging on a belligerent campaign against another rival government--e.g. the invasion of the Core worlds--without a legitimate casus belli. The "declaration of Rebellion" defended their actions against the Empire previously, but this is akin to the United States invading London after the Constitutional Convention. Osvald Teshik was not framed, he was murdered. The New Republic is a group of war criminals, murderers, war hawks, and corrupt politicians. They are not to be trusted. The Empire is victorious on all fronts.
Charlemagne19 posted:FTeik posted: He was the highest ranking Imperial the rebels got their dirty hands on. And wouldn't you laugh, too, if a bunch of terrorists claiming to fight for freedom and justice sentences you to death even if you didn't commit a crime? I think if I'm a smart man, I'd probably recognize that my government does the same for them with far more frequency. Can you really fault the rebellion for turnabout if you're an Imperial? Why would you expect mercy from individuals you've never shown any.
FTeik posted: He was the highest ranking Imperial the rebels got their dirty hands on. And wouldn't you laugh, too, if a bunch of terrorists claiming to fight for freedom and justice sentences you to death even if you didn't commit a crime?
AdmiralNick22 posted:4. THE EMPIRE IS VICTORIOUS ON ALL FRONTS- just don't look out your window if you live in the Galactic Core. Just keep your TV tuned to Imperial channdels. (c. 2-4 ABY) --Adm. Nick
Alright Jello, I'll bite. Just to spare poor Ackbar from being bad mouthed by you.
(Though I knwo of your early, secret obsession with Ackbar back in the day...)
1. In reference to the war crimes trial and execution of Teshik, I agree that it is a bit suprising that the Rebellion executed him- unless he committed crimes that we are not aware of. My point is that all we have to go by is a few lines in a Insider article. Granted this could go either way, but this is my reasoning for why he may not be totally innocent.
2. In regards to your second paragraph, you have to look at things from the viewpoint of the Rebels. In their minds they were not revolutionaries, but the last defenders of the Old Republic. The name itself- Alliance to Restore the Republic- implies this. Fromt eh Rebel viewpoint, they were the remnant of the former legitimate government.
I do totally disagree with you in regards to the invasion of the Core. Again, our viewpoints differ. An invasion to your eyes is a liberation to mine. There was a state of war against the Empire. Fact. Even though Palpatine was gone they still had a job to do before their overall goal was complete. The analogy I like to use is if the US was turned into an Empire and those of us loyal to the countries democractic-republican (note small d and r) values formed a rebellion, would we rest if we defeated the leader of this new Empire but Washington, D.C. and most of the major population centers were controlled by enemy forces?
Seriously, again this is totally a point of view difference between the two of us. Your corrupt politicians are my founders of the Rebellion, your war hawks my Ackbar and Drayson.
4. THE EMPIRE IS VICTORIOUS ON ALL FRONTS- just don't look out your window if you live in the Galactic Core. Just keep your TV tuned to Imperial channdels. (c. 2-4 ABY)
GrandAdmiralJello posted:They are not revolutionaries. They are counterrevolutionaries.
GrandAdmiralJello posted:There was no such state of war. A rebellion cannot declare war, it is not a legitimate entity. It is in rebellion--since they drafted a Declaration of *Rebellion*, this is not disputed by Leader Mothma. She did not see herself as an agent of the Old Republic, but as a *Rebel*.
GrandAdmiralJello posted: Following her declaration of the New Republic, Leader Mothma proceeded to wage an unprovoked war of conquest in the Core systems. Rogue Squadron tells us the moffs in the Core were busy fighting each other and the EC tells us Isard and the Ruling Circle were reinforcing the Core. They were not out hunting down the New Republic. The invasion of the Core worlds was a blatant invasion by one sovereign state against another. Again, it is akin to the USA invading London after the Constitutional Convention. They are no longer in rebellion, they cannot just do that.
Grand Admiral Jello posted:What of the unlawful invasion of the Ciutric Hegemony, too?
Charlemagne19 posted:1. Lumiya's attempt to destroy the Rebellion with Isard's support. 2. The treachery at Bakura. 3. The continued lack of recognition for the New Republic (take note that the Empire didn't recognize the Rebellion)
Charlemagne19 posted:Hardly unlawful, the Cituric Hegimony was housing known war criminal Yssane Isard and combatants from the Rebellion-Empire war. As justifications for an invasion, that has been historically accepted as quite valid reasons
BootlegVader posted:Charlemagne19 posted:1. Lumiya's attempt to destroy the Rebellion with Isard's support. 2. The treachery at Bakura. 3. The continued lack of recognition for the New Republic (take note that the Empire didn't recognize the Rebellion) Charles first of all those first two actions both happened before the Rebels became the NEw Republic so they can not be concieved as acts of war against the New Republic. Also not recognising the New Republic hardly counts as a act of war. As Iran does not recognize Israel as a country but does that mean Israel has the right to declare war and send military forces to occupy Iran.
Charlemagne19 posted:And the case of Iran and Israel doesn't apply because Iran hasn't been lobbing bombs at Israel for 20+ years before hand.
C19 posted:Grand Admiral Jello, what you're describing is the same logic that lead to the Gulf War fiasco where our goal was the liberation of Kuwait rather than the dismantling of Saddam Hussein's government. Almost every historian in the world will tell you what an utter and complete blunder that proved to be.
GrandAdmiralJello posted: No, that's not the same thing. The Gulf War was a legitimate conflict between states. Dismantling Hussein's government could have been part of the same action. The situation I'm talking about is a rebellion against a legitimate government. Once the New Republic was formed, they were not in rebellion--they acted as a sovereign state. As such, there is no state of rebellion. Yet the New Republic continued to invade and annex the Core Worlds.
Havac posted: But they have been funding those who do . . .
GrandAdmiralJello posted:jSarek: Emotionless does not equate to sociopathic. They have emotions--in abundance!
GrandAdmiralJello posted:You are using an assumption as your justification. That is begging the question. The New Republic's own historical documents--which have never been unforthcoming in gleefully listing 'atrocities'--fail to mention a thing about Teshik's supposed atrocities. In fact, all we know is that he was compassionate and took his duties to defend the Core seriously. We are told nothing about the period between his disaster in Hapan space and the Battle of Endor. Surely, if his record is as terrible as you suggest, we'd have heard something? Anything? Nope, nothing.
GrandAdmiralJello posted:Lord Vader could have been tried, even after he was 'redeemed'. There is plenty of evidence for that (though it's my opinion Skywalker would have arranged for his father to be pardoned). There is none for Teshik. When's the last time you read a book on Nuremberg that did not mention anything at all about the executed prisoner's war crimes?