“You can’t expect your military officers to be treated with the rights of neutral observers, when your country is not neutral.”
That is a totally false statement. There are innumerable instances of diplomatic and/or military officers from belligerents in declared wars being accorded immunities and permissions to observe and inspect their enemy’s territories and/or forces for mutually agreed purposes. It is a common practice.
Actually it’s a completely true statement.
“There are innumerable instances of diplomatic and/or military officers from belligerents in declared wars being accorded immunities and permissions to observe and inspect their enemy’s territories and/or forces for mutually agreed purposes. It is a common practice.”
Your logic is completely broken here.
They did not negotiate or receive permission to observe and inspect from the separatist forces controlling the region they were operating in.
If they haven’t received permission, they shouldn’t expect to be treated as if they had.
If they’re not neutral, and they are not, they shouldn’t expect to be treated as neutral observers.
Well, you one hundred percent live up to your screen name. I will give you that.