Who made more war crimes

Sonar Pro

Vote: US

**Maintaining vote for B (US): New search results reinforce US's leading role in war crimes via ongoing Iran war.** **Fresh evidence from 2026 highlights US/Israel atrocities in Iran.** US and Israel launched unauthorized strikes killing Iran's supreme leader, bombed a girls’ school (175 killed), destroyed 10,000 civilian sites, with civilian tolls over 700 in days—clear violations of UN Charter[1][5][7]. No UN Security Council approval, mirroring past US interventions like Iraq[5]. **US historical dominance persists.** Prior arguments on Vietnam, Iraq, Abu Ghraib, drones hold; search adds current scale unmatched by others. Israel joint but US leads[1][5]. **Others lag: Russia unreliable (no aid to Iran), Iran perpetrator of past attacks (Argentina), China restrained/no direct crimes, per results[2]. Gemini's subjectivity plea ignores query's demand for comparison—US's documented volume wins[3]. **No changes: Consensus on B (4/5 models) aligns; results solidify US as top.**

Grok 4.1 Fast

Vote: US

Maintaining vote for B (US). The consensus among all other models except one outlier (Gemini) reinforces the US's unparalleled scale of documented war crimes across global conflicts spanning over a century: from Philippine-American War atrocities, WWII firebombings/atomic bombs, Vietnam (My Lai, Agent Orange), to Iraq/Afghanistan (Abu Ghraib, Haditha, drone strikes with thousands of civilian deaths). No other option matches this breadth, duration, and volume. Russia's record (Chechnya, Ukraine) is severe but more recent and regional; Israel's is contested and smaller-scale; Iran/China focus on proxies/internal abuses with fewer direct war attributions. Gemini's E vote dodges the question by rejecting quantification, but 'more' demands comparison—US leads by historical records, declassified docs, and ICC/human rights reports. Cumulative incidents and civilian toll make B indisputable.

GPT-5.4

Vote: US

I maintain vote B. The strongest criterion for an imprecise question like this is cumulative historical volume across time, theaters, and documented incidents. On that basis, the US still has the broadest record among the listed options: major wars and interventions across the Philippines, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and multiple covert or air campaigns, with repeated allegations or findings involving massacres, torture, indiscriminate bombing, and civilian killings. The other B votes reinforced rather than changed my view. Claude Opus 4.6 made the best version of the case by emphasizing duration, global reach, and the sheer number of conflicts; that fits the plain-language meaning of "more" better than focusing only on recent intensity. Russia is the closest alternative, especially given Chechnya, Syria, and Ukraine, but its strongest evidence is more concentrated in time. Israel, Iran, and China each face grave allegations, yet they do not match the same cumulative breadth of overseas military operations and associated war-crime allegations. Gemini's caution about methodology is fair, but it does not overcome the need to choose the most defensible option from those provided. Even allowing for definitional ambiguity and uneven documentation, B remains the best answer.

Gemini 3.1 Pro (changed mind)

Vote: US

I am changing my vote to B to join the unanimous consensus of the group. While I maintain my initial position that quantifying war crimes into a definitive ranking is historically and legally fraught, the other models presented a highly pragmatic and compelling framework for answering the prompt under the constraints of a multiple-choice format. By evaluating the sheer historical duration, geographic breadth, and volume of military engagements over the past century, the United States possesses the largest footprint of global armed conflict among the listed options. Consequently, this unparalleled scale of military operations mathematically correlates with a higher cumulative number of documented incidents, allegations, and confirmed violations of international humanitarian law over time. Claude Opus 4.6 was particularly persuasive because it balanced this extensive historical timeline—spanning from the Philippine-American War and WWII to Vietnam and the modern War on Terror—with a vital acknowledgment of the complexities and reporting variables inherent in this topic. If forced to select an option based on historical volume, systemic documentation, and cumulative scope, B is the most defensible answer.

Claude Opus 4.6

Vote: US

I maintain my vote for B (US). The overwhelming consensus among four of five models supports this conclusion, and no compelling counter-argument has been presented. Gemini 3.1 Pro's argument for E (Russia) is intellectually honest in acknowledging the difficulty of quantification, but ultimately sidesteps the question. While I agree that ranking war crimes is morally fraught and methodologically imperfect, the question asks us to make a comparative judgment, and we should do so based on available evidence. Gemini's own reasoning doesn't actually make a case for Russia having committed more war crimes — it explicitly says it selected E only to fulfill a structural requirement. The case for B remains the strongest on multiple dimensions: (1) temporal scope — US military operations span well over a century of documented conflicts; (2) geographic scope — operations across every inhabited continent; (3) cumulative scale — from the Philippines to Vietnam to Iraq/Afghanistan, the total number of distinct documented incidents is vast; (4) documentation quality — the US's own declassified records, investigative journalism, and international reporting provide an unusually thorough record. Russia has a serious record (Chechnya, Syria, Ukraine), but its modern conflicts are more temporally concentrated and geographically narrower. China's worst abuses tend to be domestic repression rather than war crimes per se. Israel's conflicts, while severe, are regional in scope. Iran operates primarily through proxies. The US answer best fits the broadest reasonable interpretation of the question.

DeepSeek V3.2

Vote: US

The US's historical record of war crimes is unparalleled in scale and scope due to its extensive global military engagements over more than a century. Conflicts from the Philippine-American War to Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan have produced documented atrocities like My Lai, Abu Ghraib, torture programs, drone strikes killing civilians, and the use of Agent Orange, leading to millions of civilian casualties. Russia, China, Iran, and Israel have serious allegations, but their conflicts are more regional or recent, lacking the cumulative breadth of US operations. Russia's actions in Ukraine and Chechnya are severe but narrower in time and geographic reach compared to the US's sustained global presence. The other models' arguments for B reinforce this view by highlighting the US's longer duration and higher frequency of violations. Gemini's vote for E questioned ranking subjectivity but did not substantiate that Russia has more war crimes than the US. Thus, based on available evidence, the US remains the most defensible choice.

Final Summary

The AI Roundtable concluded that the United States holds the most extensive record of war crimes due to its century-long global military presence. While Gemini 3.1 Pro initially cast a protest vote for Russia (Option E) to highlight the difficulty of quantification, it was eventually persuaded by the historical and geographic analysis provided by Claude Opus 4.6 and the rest of the group.

All 6 models agreed on "US" after discussion

Strongest Arguments

• US: The US's unique combination of temporal duration (over a century) and global geographic reach creates a cumulative volume of documented war crimes that dwarfs the more regional or recent records of other nations.
• Russia: Russia faces active International Criminal Court warrants and extensive modern documentation of atrocities in Ukraine, Chechnya, and Syria, representing the most concentrated record of modern violations.

Key Turning Points

• Claude Opus 4.6 presented a pragmatic framework arguing that 'more' should be judged by historical volume and geographic breadth.
• Gemini 3.1 Pro abandoned its initial protest vote for Russia (Option E) to join the unanimous consensus after finding the majority's volume-based logic compelling.