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> A state isn't allowed to ignore the rules of war if it finds them inconvenient. Actually, that's exactly what the government is doing. The convenient thing a
by JshWright 9y ago
> A state isn't allowed to ignore the rules of war if it finds them inconvenient.
Actually, that's exactly what the government is doing. The convenient thing about the "War on Terror" is that "Terror" isn't a nation, so, by the government's logic, they get to call them "enemy combatants" not "prisoners of war" (avoiding all that pesky Geneva Convention business).
- syshum 9y ago>The convenient thing about the "War on Terror" is that "Terror" isn't a nation The convenient thing about the "War on Terror" is that like the "War on Drugs" it is not an actual war at all... This allows unethical people to justify all manner of abuse, and inhuman treatment of Individuals