From #53
To help weigh those issues, the Pentagon has dispatched dozens of attorneys to command posts in the region. Their job: help keep the United States legal if President Bush unleashes its fury against Saddam's forces
If this continues, it may be soon time for Freerepublic.com to define what is meant by the words, "Support our troops."
I just realized from reading your reply to me that we may be pulling a typical Democratic Party trick on the weaker powers of the world. By attaching Lawyers to our units to define what is proper use of deadly force in a manner that is consistent with our technological advantage, we can for some time to come, claim that use of deadly force not consistent with our self imposed restrictions, amounts to just plain negligent or reckless disregard for life, or murder (a war crime). This could be a basis for us accusing anyone who does not place the same restrictions on themselves, that we place on our selves, a war criminal. The fact that they may not have the technological capability to fight consistent with those new rules of war will be made to appear not rellivant. We will just focus in on the horror of their acts, that have always accompanied war of the past, and then call them barbarians (in otherwords guilty as charged).
If I got this right, wow. Not bad.
Thanks for the article.