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1 posted on 04/23/2011 4:13:54 PM PDT by ventanax5
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Excellent! Thanks for posting it.


2 posted on 04/23/2011 4:51:05 PM PDT by zot
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This is an issue that frequently comes up in any discussion of the Just War Doctrine (JWD). How do you deal with an enemy that doesn't "follow the rules?" An enemy who refuses to abide by the JWD? Do you accept defeat because will fight more viciously? Or do you abandon the JWD yourself?

It gets even more complicated when the enemy is not a conventional army, which can be identified, but instead is a terrorist group that refuses to identify itself, and hides among non-combatants. Can you abide by JWD and still win?

I know of no good answer to this situation. I think the interviewee in this case has laid out the case as well as it can be done, but not everyone will agree with it.

3 posted on 04/23/2011 5:51:47 PM PDT by JoeFromSidney (New book: RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY. A primer on armed revolt. Available form Amazon.)
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BTTT!


5 posted on 04/23/2011 11:45:53 PM PDT by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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>> grappling with enemies that do not follow any such rules

Hence Krav Maga


6 posted on 04/23/2011 11:51:43 PM PDT by Gene Eric (*** Jesus ***)
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