Iraq and Afghanistan are littered with apologies for ' rogue ' missile strikes. Let's not be listening to any fool who says that such a thing can't happen in Syria- notwithstanding the fact that aggression against Syria is illegal under international law.
All other civilized people with any concern for non-combating civilians , the average Syrian family praying / hoping to survive the impending catastrophe, being bombarded by America, One thing is certain , the children shall remember who murdered their parents and shall in years to come seek justice. " "The sins (crimes) of the fathers (today's generation of americans )shall be visited upon their children"" "As ye sow , so shall ye (surely) reap " .... ,,
In Arab countries, how do you tell civilians from combatants? BTW, has anybody heard anything about food shortages in Syria? Agriculture and transportation have been disrupted. Money is short. The second horseman could be riding in Syria.
Israeli agents flying US drones or planes would love to make a "mistake" and hit that reactor. They insanely believe that Damascus must be destroyed and misuse the Bible they hate to justify their blood lust. - - - Updated - - - According to standard US military policy in effect since Lincoln: "We are not fighting against enemy armies, but against an enemy people, both young and old, rich and poor, and they must feel the iron hand of war in the same way as organized armies."
Its been said , the reason a tortoises move so slowly , its coz that's the maximum capacity of its brain power. (wink)
It's hard to do considering that anti-Assad forces hide among civilians, fire from civilian positions and dress in plain clothes with no recognizable uniform or insignia. The same things that people claimed justified collateral damage and the bombardment of residential areas like in Gaza or Fallujah. It's funny when they turn that flat on its face to all of a sudden blame those who attack the civilian areas. Like the "few bad apples" excuse, you will notice the double standards in the "human shield" justification as well. The fact remains, anti-Assad forces don't follow the rules of armed conflict, and they use human shields.
It goes to show what the "powers that be" value when they back the very group they were trying to eradicate only months before.
No food shortages, which is amazing in time of war of this magnitutde but prices gone up very high , because on sanctions imposed against syria by west
Hiding amongst civilians doesn't seem to be a practice exclusive to anti-Assad forces. It looks to me like that is the model for the entire Moslem world.
Ahhh, so you're an apocalypse rapturist? I'm shocked to find rapturing going on in this establishment!
For guerrillas, yes. State forces however still use uniforms w/ insignia. It's really hard to pinpoint where the line should be drawn regarding blame when combatants get attacked in a civilian area. Like at what point do you say it's not the use of human shields, but the indiscriminate use of force knowing there are civilians there. I think they realize this which could be part of the reason they take up positions in civilian areas. Where they can say, yeah, well you should have had restraint and held your fire considering our human shields are here. That's why it's a war crime. Yet sometimes the attack against them is disproportianate and doesn't regard those civilians, like the Israel attack against Gaza a few years ago. Where it's a case of they know there's civilians there, and they just carpet-bombed the lot of them nonetheless.
