Fw:WRL on Attacks

[Dan Jizzenberry]

All I'm saying is that due process DOES NOT begin once the enemy has been 
defeated. There are rules to follow. Have been ever since the end of World 
War Two (earlier, actually). States do not have carte blanche to carry on a 
war in any old way. And as for how I think YOU should legally conduct YOUR 
war, all I can say is that I don't think you are at war, your nation or you 
personally. I think you're taking the rhetoric of your dumb-ass leaders way 
too seriously. Wars usually have a clear enemy (a state preferably), a 
sustained series of engagements, and a negotiated ending of some sort. I 
don't think this war will have a negotiated ending, nor will there be a 
series of engagements beyond the can of whoop ass unloaded on Afghanistan 
from America's sparkling fleet of air-craft carriers. A scapegoat of some 
kind will be found--I'm guessing Afghanistan, but maybe Bush will finish 
what Clinton started and destroy that pharmaceutical factory in Sudan once 
and for all--and then, after lobbing 10 or 20 (or 300!) cruise missiles 
their way, destroying an already impoverished nation in the process, it'll 
end in a courtroom (if we're lucky) where--lo and behold--due process will 
rear its ugly head again. But maybe not. What the hell do I know.

David Morris wrote:

 > You have made half a point.  Would you care to continue?  Do you wish to
 > discuss the rules of war?  Do you think War actions require court 
rulings?
 > How would you advise we legally conduct our war?
 >
 > David Morris
 >
 > >From: "Dan Jizzenberry"
 > >
 > >Correct me if I'm wrong, but the U.S. did sign on to the Geneva
 > >Convention's rules on war, did they not? Or is this just a quote from 
Mein
 > >Kampf?
 > >
 > >From: "David Morris"
 > >
 > >In a state of war "due process" begins once the enemy has been defeated.
 >
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