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[–] Crow@lemmy.world 85 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This is one of those war crimes you can know very little about war crimes and still identify. It’s just that fucked.

[–] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 42 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It's called "perfidy"

Quoting Wikipedia:

In the context of war, perfidy is a form of deception in which one side promises to act in good faith with the intention of breaking that promise once the unsuspecting enemy is exposed.