That is a completely different issue from ROE's that enable a terrorist to shelter within a civilian community. Noncombatant civilians who are not participants in the war effort who are killed inadvertently during the course of legitimate strikes are one thing. That's why we could bomb German factories in WW2, and why targeting ISIS's oil tanker trucks is perfectly legitimate.
But advocating going after families specifically is a war crime. No way around that. Bunch of armchair trigger-pullers around here, I think.
Trump clearly spelled out the case of a family that had knowledge and aided those terrorists.
Anyone aiding is a fair target by Congressional resolution of Sep 14, 2001.
“the President is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons, in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States by such nations, organizations or persons”
So, if families help, then families can be targeted.
There are ways around it, if the terrorists are being aided and abetted by their families, are they not culpable too?
http://www.judicialwatch.org/cases/judicial-watch-v-u-s-department-of-homeland-security-2/
I’m curious. If ISIS is not a signatory to the Geneva Convention, how does that tie the US to those rules in dealing with them?
For a chin, you do a lot of typing. I’d like to see that keyboard.