Our enemies do not wear uniforms, take prisoners or follow
other rules of war, so I have little sympathy for them under the Just War doctrine.
Although in
manmade rules of war, we give the enemy certain rights and sometimes we even go in and spend billions of dollars to rebuild their nation, in this spiritual war, we offer no quarter to the defeated foe.
It fails to pay attention to who is actually
observing rules of war and who is not (an unsurprising failure in one who thinks that making war on terrorists is simply fighting «one kind of terror with another,» an astonishingly imprecise analysis).
One example that comes to mind as I think about this is the Japanese Internment laws that were used during WW2 but I am not sure if those would apply generally since that was during war time and
under rules of war.
They didn't follow
the rules of war when they repeatedly attacked the USA, and the USA is using all means to take out those that have attacked, and are likely to attack, the USA.
Even Prophet Mohammed's
rules of war were specifically designed to protect, not persecute, religious freedom.
Soldiers are taught
the rules of war.
Knowing what we know of
the rules of war and the behavior of men, does it seem likely that of all Israelite warriors that took part in the destruction of Jericho, only one man took a bit of plunder for himself?
Israel uses military tribunals to try suspected terrorists, although according to the US Supreme Court, this is a proper interpretation of
the rules of war and terror suspects are not entitled to further considerations.
Ideas like the supreme emergency exemption accept that there are moments in history when the ordinary laws of war are suspended, when a state has no reasonable option but to break
the rules of war.
``... Under the Geneva convention, if they don't have uniforms, if they don't have an identifying patch, if they do not follow
the rules of war or conduct themselves in accordance with that or under, you know, established authority, they're enemy combatants,» Berntsen continued.
While using rockets against civilians violates
the rules of war and international conventions, they wouldn't be a WMD on this criteria taken alone.
Today we learn that Milosevic has been indicted by the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal for being personally responsible for crimes against humanity, including murder, deportation, and violation of
the rules of war.
Generation War holds the line admirably in showing how totalitarianism corrupts almost everything in its path, individual responsibility included, and creates an appalling space where sadists and conformists alike can flourish and break
every rule of war at will.
Iron Man (Downey), Black Widow (Johansson), War Machine (Cheadle) and Vison (Bettany) agree that sanctions and
rules of war are necessary as too many innocent people die when their powers are used.
But they are still killing the same men who have the same dreams and chew the same food and hum the same songs when they are happy but if it is called War it is all right because that is
the rules of War.»
Inhuman # 1, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude # 1, The Field # 1, Dead Letters # 1,» 68:
Rule of War # 1, Edgar Allan Poe's The Premature Burial # 1.
While he was an excellent general, his name has been sullied by certain of his strategies which today would be in direct contravention of
the rules of war anywhere in the world.
In this carefully researched and crafted vision of the future, Private Military Corporations (PMCs) have become the dominant armed forces for countless nations outsourcing their military needs, redrawing borders and rewriting
the rules of war.
While he was an excellent general, his name has been sullied by certain of his strategies which today would be in direct contravention of
the rules of war anywhere in the world.