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To: Destro

So tell us, in your own grade school words, what is your problem with how Rumsfeld is running the war. Don't stand behind some fancy book title or what someone else tells us. Come out like the whimp of a child you are, look is straight in the eye and give it your best shot, however meagre it is likely to be.


59 posted on 12/19/2004 4:49:24 PM PST by AndyJackson
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To: AndyJackson

We are still fighting the war are we not? That is the problem.


61 posted on 12/19/2004 4:51:11 PM PST by Destro (Know your enemy! Help fight Islamic terrorism by visiting johnathangaltfilms.com and jihadwatch.org)
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To: AndyJackson; David1
David1 said: The military's job was set out to go out and destroy the enemy. Not start stopping people stealing lamps and tires. ,br>To which you replied That is an outright incorrect statement. get the prize for being the dumbest idiot on this form. Destroying the enemy is exactly what the military's job is. Until his ability and will to fight are overcome there is nothing else.

Stir and swallow down what is left of your intelligence and pride:

Article 42 of the Annex to the 1907 Hague Convention IV Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land [2] affirms: “Territory is considered occupied when it is actually placed under the authority of the hostile army. The occupation extends...where such authority has been established and can be exercised.” As recognized in a U.S. Army text addressing this provision, “Article 42...emphasizes the primacy of FACT as the test of whether or not occupation exists.” [3] The Army text adds: “Article 43 of the Hague Regulations continues the theme of the traditional law with its provision for a clear transfer of authority: ‘The authority of the legitimate power having in fact passed into the hands of the occupant....’” [4]

Generally, the responsibility of the United States to restore law and order and public life in areas under effective control of its military is reflected in Article 43 of the Annex to the Hague Convention of 1907, which requires that the occupying power “shall take all the measures in his power to restore, and ensure, as far as possible, public order and safety, while respecting, unless absolutely prevented, the laws in force in the country.” [11]

64 posted on 12/19/2004 4:55:03 PM PST by Destro (Know your enemy! Help fight Islamic terrorism by visiting johnathangaltfilms.com and jihadwatch.org)
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