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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.
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This is true, but in this instance there is only one side following conventions. There is no unified front to make any kind of agreements (even if the opposition was willing to do so, which they're probably not)
This is one of the reasons that the Geneva conventions are made to apply only to uniformed and/or easily identifiable armies. It helps ensure that BOTH sides adhere to established rules of war.
It's unfortunate, but in war the side who sinks the lowest is usually the most efficient and/or effective. This doesn't mean that you should sink as low as possilbe, but to be effective you should at least remain in the same ballpark. And anyone who doesn't see the terrorists as vastly lower in their actions and tactics honestly isn't living in the real world.