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Originally Posted by jcookc6
No the Taliban has not signed the Geneva accords. That is the point people don't seem to understand. The Geneva conventions only is for people fighting in UNIFORM. This war does not fall under Geneva. But the LEFT in this country wants us to fight it under those rules, even though the terrorists don't.
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We're fighting a war with both hands tied behind our collective backs.
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Originally Posted by Dbass
What you may not remember is that even in World Wars I and II we obeyed common conventions with our sworn enemies. Many war weapons both sides devised were felt to be much to brutal, and both sides stopped using them. We had standards then, and we need them now. It might feel morally justified to go into a terrorist camp and start cutting off heads and limbs, but we are (supposedly) the most civilized nation in the world, and we have a more enlightened viewpoint on human suffering than people who have grown up indoctrinated in hatred and guerilla tactics.
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Just being the more enlightened and civilized side in a conflict will not garuntee your victory. Often it is the most brutal side that wins. Should we sacrifice victory to maintain our "enlightened/civilized" status, or should we put enlightened and civilized on the back-burner for a moment and focus on the brutality of our enemy.
What good is enlightenment and civility if you're dead?