Bullshit, Imperial Japan hasn't given us a problem since Hiroshima and in fact is one of our strongest allies. Nazi Germany hasn't given us problems since Dresden.
Destroy the enemy, don't just fight to a stalemate. --- Leland Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When will we learn that war, violence, death, > destruction, and even > annihilation of entire countries, or races of > people, will not make a > difference in bring safety and security to the > American people. > Violence, fear, and horror, once released, takes on > a life of their own. > Violence is self perpetuating. Violence breads > more violence. Only > understanding, respect, diplomacy and true caring > matter in bring us > closer to a solution of living in a non-violent > world in peace and > harmony, one with another. > > Regards, > > LelandJ > > > Hal Kaplan wrote: > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >Behalf Of Leland Jackson > >Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 13:04 > >To: ProFox Email List > >Subject: Re: [OT] Detainee Abuse Charges Feared > > > >The rules of war have evolved over time as humanity > has moved towards > >enlightenment. Back in the middle ages wars might > evolve one castle > >against another castle; kind of like two miniature > kingdoms that had > >declared war. All members of each opposing castle, > were considered > >enemies and subject to the same set of rules of > war. This meant that > >even the maids and stable boys were pawns of war, > even if they never > >engaged in any actual combat, and if captured they > were subject to the > >same harsh treatment as the warriors, including > execution by poling or > >other means, including torture to death. There was > no concept of > >non-combatants. > > > >Over time rules of war evolved where non-combatants > were not considered > >as enemies, and only the armys of each opposing > side meet on the > >battlefield of war. Later the laws of war were > refined to standardize > >treatment of combatants that had been captured, so > that the enemy > >combatants would be treated in a manner like any > the warriors would want > >to be treated if they became captive. > > > >Some day humanity will evolve to a place where war > will be obsolete, but > >for now I would not recommend any reversing of the > rules of war back to > >a more primitive time in the past, even if it got > some high political > >office holders off the hook. > > > >Regards, > > > >LelandJ > > > >=========================================================== > > > >Leland, I respect your opinion and even agree with > it in theory. But > >all theories are subject to empiricism. Yes, we > have rules and I > >mentioned those. However, people who are not > members of a uniformed > >military force are not subject to those rules and > they do not abide by > >those rules. So why should we? > > > >You speak of humanity, but humanistic people do not > strap bombs to > >themselves and blow-up innocent people. Humanistic > people do not make > >schools and hospitals targets by waging war from > them. We have got to > >fight fire with fire. These people have been duped > into believing that > >they are doing something holy and will stop at > nothing. The sooner we > >bring them to nothingness, the sooner they will > stop. > > > >HALinNY > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
