> Tim wrote:
> With illegal combatants the convention allows us to execute them
> summarily without trial.
Here's where you and I differ - maybe - and what makes assymetrical
warfare so tricky:
(1.) "War" should be defined as def'n #1 in the dictionary:
- A conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or
between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.
This differs from, for example, "the war on drugs" or "gang war".
Those are criminal matters, not "war".
I'm going to forget, for the moment, that I believe only congress can
declare "war".
(2.) The US form of gov't is founded and driven from "self-evident
truths" and "all men created equal". This means we can't
simultaneously protect the US citizen's way of life while denying it
to others.
Putting all this together
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* When we attack the gov't of Afghanistan, and those aligned with it,
that's "war" and those we fight against are illegal combatants when
they don't wear a uniform. That "war", however, is over.
* When we attack the gov't of Iraq, and those aligned with it, that's
"war" and those we fight are illegal combatants when they don't wear a
uniform. That "war" is over.
Therefore
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What's left in Iraq is criminal activity and a security matter for a
foreign region and a foreign government.
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