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Crush your enemy, drive them before you and hear the lamentation of the women.Ghengis Kahn I think.
Try Conan The Barbarian.
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Crush your enemy, drive them before you and hear the lamentation of the women.Ghengis Kahn I think.
Try Conan The Barbarian.
In order to be consided a legal combattant you have to meet several standards. You have to be under the command of someone responsible for your actions. You have to bear arms openly. You have to wear a recognizable uniform or identifying insignia.
I think Mr. Hume would probably not be considered a "legal combatant". That's not a crime, it just means he is not eligible for the protections of the Conventions. Most of what the insurgents in Iraq are doing are not war crimes either (some things are, of course)...they're just engaging in guerrilla warfare. Ergo, they can be held without Convention protections, and so could have Mr. Hume. This does not make him a criminal and it does not make him unworthy of accolade.But, gee, wouldn't that make "insurgents" in Iraq who dress like Iraqi civilians and "terrorists" who wear civilian clothing while trying to murder innocent people in Israel and other countries something other than legal combatants?In order to be consided a legal combattant you have to meet several standards. You have to be under the command of someone responsible for your actions. You have to bear arms openly. You have to wear a recognizable uniform or identifying insignia.
Lt Col Glyn Harper, a professor at the New Zealand army's Military Studies Institute, who co-authored the book, In the Face of the Enemy, said that on one occasion Sgt Hulme donned a German paratrooper's smock, climbed up behind a nest of enemy snipers, and pretended to be part of their group."He shot the leader first, and as the other four snipers looked around to see where the shot had come from, Hulme also turned his head as if searching for the shooter," the book says."Then he shot and killed two more." He shot the other two as they tried to leave."Hulme deserved the VC for his outstanding bravery, but he shouldn't have done what he did in disguising himself."...Other academics have supported the book's claims. Peter Wills, the deputy director of the Centre for Peace Studies at Auckland University, said Sgt Hulme's actions were "unsanctioned murder".
Which was my point.Quote:
So, what he did simply removed him from the protections provided by the convention, but was not criminal.
Correct, That is why spies are shot.