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Originally Posted by Agamemnon
Fair enough... but isn't there supposed to be a difference in the way our soldiers act compared to the way the insurgents act? We can't exactly start killing their civilians... can we? Round everyone up and put them into 'strategic hamlets' ala Vietnam so that everyone left in the countryside is fair game?
I think the rules of engagement that some chafe under are a necessary part of who we are as a country. I'm proud that we don't torture prisoners (I hope), and no matter how badly the war goes, I think torturing people for information is barbaric and inhuman.
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Exactly. Just because a loose collection of radical zealots doesn't abide by the Geneva Convention doesn't mean we shouldn't either. Jeez.