Moral justification for the execution of criminals of war?

[bennyboy]

Go to Ukraine and ask them how they feel about execution of Russian war criminals.  They aren't sipping Starbucks, they are picking up their children's body parts.  I'm guessing their sentiments are going to be pretty different than your own.

Then why do they want to join the European Union which forbades its member states from executing criminals??

Because the threat of savagery posed by that larger group might dissuade Russia.