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| quote: | Originally posted by Nou
I dont think that they have to follow those laws established, as only nations that signed the conventions that govern the treatment of injured soldiers are required to. Since these are rebel groups not associated with any sort of legitimate government they dont have to follow those rules. If a nation that has signed any of those conventions did what these people did then, yea thats a war crime.
Im sorry, but if you were injured and I found you and your are an enemy soldier, I would do one of two things. Leave you injured to die or end your life.
NOW, think about this... these are once again rebels so they dont exactly have the logistics to take care of prisoners or injured, ALSO if they leave the person alive there is the possibility of that person being returned to active duty.
This is war, if you dont like how its going or how things happen, DONT SUPPORT IT! I'm sorry, but you cant have some parts of war with out the others, if you dont like or accept all of it, then you cant support any of it.
So, ignore, accept, or resist, thats your only choice. |
Of course, using that argument, one can fully justify the abandonment of POW conventions by the US when it comes to prisoner treatment of insurgents. It would be another simple fact of "war". I don't think Malek's comment had so much to to do with literal legality as it it had to do with morality in a combat zone. Is it morally justifiable to deprive terrorists in guantanemo bay of basic rights simply because they don't fall under the legal definitions of the geneva conventions? Of course not. Similarly, is it morally justifiable for these insurgents to have executed that civilian because they were never signatories to the geneva conventions or they're logistically challenged otherwise? Of course not. Or do atrocities have a weighting system asigned to them when one side becomes disadvantaged enough?
Supporting war doesn't mean you have to accept EVERY bad thing associated with war (and I can assure you, Malek doesn't support this war). Making that argument leaves you on a very slippery slope.
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