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To: Hoplite
Civil wars suck!

Since I grew up in Atlanta Georgia, we were taught from a young age to never forgive what the "Damn Yankees" did to us.

Who did what to who, is not something that I am interested in. In any civil war, every single person (man, woman or child) must make a choice. There are no innocents!

I evaluate people and news organizations upon how well they can support their reports with factual information.

I was trained for combat, and I understand how vital it is for a member of the military to identify himself to the enemy.

I am only concerned about how the people in the American military conducted themselves during this war against Serbia.

The UCMJ is very strict for American soldiers, and although it does not apply to Serbian soldiers, I will judge their conduct in relations to it.

78 posted on 06/03/2005 1:00:14 AM PDT by Hunble (Retired after 20 years with the U.S. Army)
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To: Hunble
There are no innocents!

Apparently you need some remedial training.

FM 27-10 is available online, and is the pertinent document, rather than the UCMJ. I suggest you reacquaint yourself with it's contents, and concentrate on the term "protected person", rather than "innocents".

And you may want to note that the Rules of Land Warfare are based upon some international conventions and agreements that Yugoslavia was party to, making what happened to the folks in the video a crime not only if it were perpetrated by American servicemen, but by those who fall under Belgrade's jurisdiction, like the Scorpions.

79 posted on 06/03/2005 2:01:19 AM PDT by Hoplite
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