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Article #169: Senate Wonders If New Kind Of Warfare Requires New Rules; Forgets How Colonists Picked Off Redcoats

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The Senate is debating whether or not he errs in cocksure excess, GWB is right
guys who go by the rules of the Geneva about one thing. This is the war of the
Convention can defeat guys who torture worlds - our civilization against their
people and shoot them in the back of the heathenism, and, if we're going to stand
head. Even Colin Powell jumped in and a chance, we better have the weapons we
said he thinks we should adhere to the need at the ready.
Geneva Conventions in order to protect Never to compare our bravely defiant
the safety of our own troops, as if the colonists with the unconscionable
terrorists are likely to observe the torturers and murderers afoot in radical
rules if they get their hands on our Muslimism, but when our Minutemen found,
troops. in their smaller numbers, it necessary to
George Bush, on the other hand, thinks hide in the woods and pick off the
the Geneva Conventions ought to be as Redcoats, who were advancing in the kind
malleable as Silly Putty. of honorable battle array that worked
Certainly, there's an acceptable middle just fine against Napoleon, the Brits did
ground. After all, the norms of behavior finally adjust their battle tactics a
that inspired the Geneva Convention bit.
relate to the usual sort of warfare, Does the entire world have to relearn
where there is at least some semblance of such a basic and costly lesson? And how
honorable conduct. We find ourselves in a many must die while the debate drones on?
time when the enemy knows nothing about Or let's see it as a boxing match, where
the traditional norms of combat. They the good guy has, as usual, one hand tied
are, as we know, thugs who perpetrate behind his back, while the bad guy is
torture and murder as expedients to doing everything he can to hurt him, even
causing as much outrage as possible and, doing some kick boxing. Forget that. Even
perversely enough, they work their pulling a gun out of his trunks or
barbarisms in the name of their kidnapped planting a bomb under the other side of
God. the ring.
How is civilization, which is strolling While we don't have to reduce ourselves
down the lane counting daisies while to the most malicious of terrorist
these monsters wait in ambush, to have a tactics, we at least have the right to
fighting chance against them? Launching a fight with both hands free.
realistic debate is pretty urgent. Though






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