Karen, But do the "Rules of War" apply to an irregular guerilla force, one that is outmanned and outgunned by a factor of 100, fighting off an occupying army?
War Crimes, I thought, apply to states engaged in a legal state of war - no such war has ever been declared on our side, and the conflict was certainly never recognized by the community of nations as a legitimate action. If an insurgency responds to a "War Crime" with atrocities, can they really be held accountable in a legal sense? And who would ever bring these people in Fallujah up before a military tribunal? That'd just bring up the illegality of the US invasion to begin with...? SZ On Thu, 27 May 2004 19:44:48 +0000, William Zardus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry but the real difference is that our media is encouraged to broadcast > the beheading, while photos that would elicit sympathy for a hopelessly > undermanned opponent never make it to any of the TV stations. > > EVER !!! > > The photos detailing the prison sex abuse were on the interent for a > full month before the media outlets decided they could no longer > ignore them. > > We are Goliath beating up on tiny Davids and it takes a tremendous > amount of media manipulation to get people amajority of people > to continue supporting that. > > Of course without a draft, the ability to organize young people > for any sort of organized protest is greatly diminished as well. > > WRZ > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "KAREN ALLEN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [UC] Political Commentary: W Saying Sorry > Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 16:34:12 +0000 > > It's all inhumane, but even in a war, a distinction can be made between > casualties of war and cold-blooded murder. Not only is there a distinction > between the deaths of thousands of Iraqis vs. Mr. Berg, but there is also a > distinction between the deaths of other American service personnel and Mr. > Berg, as well as those guys who got killed and burned and hung from the > bridge. Even in a war, there are still some standards of humanity that > people are supposed to adhere to, thus the concept of war crimes. Cutting > someone's head off and photographing yourself doing it is not a standard of > humanity. If the prison abuse is a war crime, so is decapitation. > Karen Allen > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself with the new version of MSN Messenger! Download today - > it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > > > > ---- > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the > list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see > <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. > ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
