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truth be known, i understand that arguments that the folk are making about one of another version of the "fog of war"...i'm less sure that the folk who argue from that position see the need for rules on the order of it is not ok to mow down children and it is not ok to mow down non-combattants.
actually, a better way of saying that is: i don't doubt that there is a general agreement that there should be some rules of war. if you look back through the history of modern warfare, the reasons for them are self-evident--and if you look at the post 1045 "non-conventional" or assymetrical wars from vietnam/algeria forward, you see over and over that abandoning the rules has done no-one any good. at all. on any side.
the question is who is going to do the judging, yes?
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it make you sick.
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