To: threat matrix
Wanted for Murder in Fallujah This might seem like a picky semantic point, but what happened in Fallujah was not "murder".
What happened in Fallujah was an act of war by individuals posing as civilians which make them illegal combatants actively engaging in war.
When a "murderer" is identified, you must arrest him, give a trial and sentence him.
When an "illegal combatant in a war zone" is identified, you can have a sniper blow his brains out or you can slam an 120mm round into his hiding place without warning and without all the other legal niceties due a "murderer".
In summary:
This is how you handle a "murderer".
This is how you handle an "illegal combatant in a war zone".
39 posted on
04/03/2004 9:20:32 AM PST by
Polybius
To: Polybius
And I sure don't want the UN telling us how to give justice to these guys..
To: Polybius
VERY good point -- this needs to be SHOUTED from the rooftops...
57 posted on
04/03/2004 2:34:36 PM PST by
StarCMC
(Kalen is home!!! Kalen is home!!! Thank you for all your prayers and support!!)
To: Polybius
Yes. I couldn't agree more. The Left has done a great deal of damage to our society by its mutation of our language over the past 30+ years. There is all the difference in the world between murder, casualties of war, and killing illegal combatants.
62 posted on
04/03/2004 5:07:38 PM PST by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(Any day you wake up is a good day.)
To: Polybius
A point of legal detail: unlawful combatants do not need to be extended any rights, including the right to due process. If caught flagrante delicto, established international law permits their summary execution.
d.o.l.
Criminal Number 18F
69 posted on
04/04/2004 10:14:35 PM PDT by
Criminal Number 18F
(Never forget: AFP and AP were right there to film the mutilation of our men.)
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