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Source that you wouldn’t be allowed to kill unarmed enemy soldiers? Imagine a scouting team doing reconnaissance, surely you’re allowed to attack and kill them?
by echoangle 1mo ago
Source that you wouldn’t be allowed to kill unarmed enemy soldiers? Imagine a scouting team doing reconnaissance, surely you’re allowed to attack and kill them?
- FabCH 23d agoArticle 3 of the Geneva Convention. Laying down your arms is generally considered an expression of surrender and renders protection. Also, who sends scouts unarmed? They should at least have a sidearm.
- echoangle 23d agoLaying down arms as an action is different to being unarmed. And it was a hypothetical, there are a lot of situations where you can kill unarmed military personnel legally. You can just bomb military barracks full of sleeping unarmed people legally for example.