A few of the commonly accepted crimes of war include:

• Hating and/or killing human beings because of their national origin.
• Causing horrific violence, death, and destruction.
• Glorifying violence.
• Using national pride to justify vicious behavior.
• Turning over personal conscience and free will to a military commander.
• Deadly dishonesty, deceit, deception, lies, and cheating.
• Making multitudes of orphans and widows.
• Destroying the infrastructure that ordinary people need in their daily lives.
• Collateral damage.
• Lack of fairness/using unfair advantages.
• Bombing people who have no chance to defend themselves and can only hide in shelters.
• Robbing people of their life, limbs, and mental health.
• Stealing people’s property when deemed “necessary.”
• Going along with one man’s decision (or a small group’s) that take the lives of multitudes of people.
• Demanding and forcing people’s loyalty to those ordering the destruction.
• Commanding people not to think for themselves.
• Traumatizing entire populations of people.
• Celebrating the violent death of human beings.
• Financially profiting off of the chaos and catastrophes.