That's easy SD. We want them to treat our soldiers like we treat theirs. That's a silly idea when fighting Jihadists however.
dj On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 7:45 PM, Slip Disc<[email protected]> wrote: > > Exactly my point gruff, the fierceness, gruesome wanton killing with > obliteration as the core objective but with "rules?". I say let's > be done with it one way or another. Either all out war or all out > humanitarianism! One for sure will end the other. Why do we ride the > fence? > > On Jun 13, 6:17 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have always thought war a fearsome nightmare and often wondered why >> it had rules. Perhaps if war were less humane and more gruesome, kill >> or be killed till there's no one left standing, slaughtering men, >> women and children without recourse, destroying, obliterating each the >> other, poisoning the water and the land, laying a wide swath of >> devastation scattering body parts across the blood soaked landscape, >> burning houses and crops, schools and churches, then perhaps we might >> have less of it. >> >> On Jun 13, 2:42 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > That was my intention to make you laugh! Yeah right! Perhaps I >> > wasn't clear enough but............... >> >> > I'm very well aware of the Geneva Convention, the Hague, and the >> > signators of the treaties and the protocol, but that is not what the >> > thread is about. No where near what I was thinking. >> >> > Unfortunately, you are not grasping the intended inquiry of the thread >> > and from what I've noticed in other threads, it's not the first time >> > for you. This thread is aside from any treaties but more so about the >> > "Why" of such a treaties. This is about the psychology behind the >> > designing of such a treaty and what seems to me to be a quirk in the >> > process of war. The objective is to kill the enemy, or is it? >> >> > We go from Killing to Humanitarianism, and so I'm simply asking why? >> > I just see such a stark contrast. If we are so concerned in >> > humanitarianism then why do we even bother engaging in wars that are >> > in the extreme sense the total and complete opposite? >> >> > We bomb a city killing thousands then go in and shoot anything that >> > moves, and then later, we treat the prisoners in a humanitarian way, >> > the prisoners that given the opportunity would blow your head clean >> > off. >> >> > I hope that clears it up but anyway thanks for the laugh!! > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
