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Originally Posted by aceventura3
You know it is a baited question. You know what kind of world we live in. You know war is a part of human nature. You know the "legality" of war is defined by the victor. You know leaders do what needs to be done to win wars. What are we actually debating - nothing.
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"Human nature" is a gross simplification and misrepresentation of human behavioral systems. So simple, in fact, that it's entirely meaningless and devolves into basically an excuse to do things not considered civilized or moral. On top of that, it's a biblical term, which brings all of these ridiculous connotations that do nothing but distract from the topic at hand.
Regardless, without rules, wars will become uncontrollable. That's when the really bad stuff happens. Have you ever seen a woman raped, have her gentiles mutilated and then murdered after spending hours bleeding in agony? That happens. A lot. Perhaps you can attribute that to human nature, but I call it war crimes and I say that no victory is worth that.