Mark
“This opinion seems to be a slippery slope, with a result that no war could be a good war. Is not a just war argument the appropriate beginning, at least, of a good war?”
No war is a good war. As far as a just war, that is a different issue;
“War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no
hope except in arms.”
- Niccolo Machiavelli
“Breaking of the peace is a crime, as when any person commits a criminal act. Civil authorities are responsible for apprehending and punishing the criminal. The police are not criminals for using force to apprehend and punish the criminal and restore the peace.”
That depends. Did not the Officers that apprehended Rodney King do a little jail time?
Like most Americans I’m a firm believer in the law. So long as it doesn’t cause me any inconvenience.
You are approaching the issue from a theoretical POV. In the real world, the law does not go where enforcement cannot reach and cops on the beat enforce the laws they think important at that moment.
There is a local ordinance against beeping the horn on a car. It dates back to the days when autos and horses shared the roads. It is ignored by both the local drivers AND police.
Prisoners (POW’s) get shot all the time. By both sides. That started with the invention of gunpowder. Before that, prisoners were put to the sword. One assumes that started with the invention of the sword.
“A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.”
- Sir Winston S. Churchill, 1952. (The Observer)
It is not going to stop because some fancy boy with nice hair signs a sheet of paper.
Pulling out of the GCIV would be a smart thing to do. It would prevent the Jihadists ( who have no record of ever honoring a treaty) from using it against us. It would also provide the diploms one last chance to avoid war.
It would make a difference if the negotiators with Iran said one day; “Enough about the sanctions. Today we will discuss how to treat POW’s. We expect to have a LOT of yours in a few days. You might have one or two of ours.”
I still think the best way to deal with Kim II is to send in a diplo with a picture of Saddam swinging by a noose and a sales brochure for the South of France and say “Make your choice a$$hole”.
