[alloysteel]

Is there any “international humanitarian law and international human rights law”?

If so, it is rather unevenly applied. One need not look further than Israel for an example of how the UN considers the matter.

But when you have an international thugocracy, and they rule by majority vote, not hard to see why this interpretation is the one that is used.

[PIF]

Direct Link:
http://jkshaws.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/3163/

[Paladin2]

Dear U.N.’s special rapporteur:

This means WAR!

[ThunderSleeps]

Hey UN. They are terrorists. By definition they target and kill innocent civilians to further their agenda. In my eyes they have no rights - including no right to live. We will continue to use every means, every technology we have or develop to exterminate these terrorists and remove their threat from the face of the Earth. You don't like it, or you don't like how we do it, tough {expletive}. We were attacked, we will fight back, period.

[hoosier hick]

"...are being operated in a framework which may well violate international humanitarian law and international human rights law,"

...while those terrorists killed by the Predators are operating completely in line with "international humanitarian law" and "international human rights law"......

hh

[Fetid Facts]

I imagine the same UN dweeb sees Palestinians blindly shooting rockets into Israeli civilian neighborhoods as no big deal.

[Lundy_s Lane II]

OK lets just carpet bomb the entire area or drop a few nukes.

It seems to be ok to kill indiscriminately but if you can target those you want to kill that is bad.

[PubliusMM]

May violate international law, you say?

So?

It’s time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US.

[seastay]

So with this logic, that in a war which we did not start that now we are not allowed to shoot back, here are some other examples of the slippery slope the UN is setting up:

We will not be allowed to step on cockroaches in our pantries with remote controlled traps or use electric toothbrushes kill the bacteria on our teeth, because these organisms do not have electronic gadgets to fight back.

We will not be allowed let our police carry guns when chasing gang members who only carry knives ,or chase bank robbers in any car that goes faster than their get away cars .

We will not be allowed to stop viruses by immunize against them because that is unfair to the virus, we should give the viruses a fair chance.

We shall not put locks on our doors unless the thieves are given keys, but if not we are to put up big signs out front of our houses when we leave to let thieves know we are not at home and it is safe to come in.

We shall not complain that these new laws of fairness are not explained ahead of time, or that the UN officials can make them up on the fly, and we shall give most of what we earn to them in taxes, so that the UN can do their job to level the playing field, and if we do complain we shall forfeit all our property and our first born .... oh joy

[JoeMac]

When is this festering boil called the UN going to lanced of the body of this country and sent floating down the East River?

[1st Division guy]

we must be doing a great job killing terrorists