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war certainly does have rules. it's called the law of armed conflict. there are no rules that are imposed from outside of humanity (unless you are willing to grant the involved presence of God and will count moral structures based on religious convictions) but we do limit ourselves in very meaningful ways in order to align our method with internationally accepted standards. do you think that we could not be more effective in killing our enemy without any self-imposed limitations? i'm speaking about the very limitations that our enemy does not observe.
rekna, war is not fair... not fair in the sense that each side has equal opportunity to kill the other. it can, however, be fought honorably and lawfully. dropping bombs on an army with no air force isn't fair... but in a conflict between two recognized armies it is honorable.
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If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.
~ Winston Churchill
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