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Actually that's some pretty insightful analysis...it's been a while since I've read Clausewitz, but that's a good point. If we accept war as a simple extension of diplomacy, instead of a break in diplomacy, then it would make sense to place all these limitations on war.
Also interesting on the natural law bit--that natural law is not so natural, but simply generally understood norms that have not been properly codified or expressed.
Finally, funny in that 'non international armed conflicts' are just basically wars that the international powers don't care about.
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Originally Posted by Lieber Code on the laws of war
"Men who take up arms against one another in public war do not cease on this account to be moral beings, responsible to one another and to God."
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