To Capture or Kill
In light of the recent ruling by the Supreme Court, the murderous Islamofascists that we encounter on the battlefield should be killed instead of being taken prisoner. Few have any beneficial tactical knowledge, they don't abide by Geneva Convention rules, and become a huge problem once in captivity, thanks to our Supreme Court's lack of understanding of war and of the Geneva applicability.
Historically, combatants who break Geneva Convention rules of warfare by acting as, or comingling with, citizens were executed. However, as it stands now, the Geneva rules apply to us but not them. Additionally, we have now bestowed legal rights unheard of heretofore to terrorists who are not bound by any rules.
Lt. Col Ralph Peters (US Army-ret.) author of Never Quit the Fight, says : "We need to clarify the rules of conflict. But integrity and courage have fled Washington. Nobody will state bluntly that we're in a fight for our lives, that war is hell, and that we must do what it takes to win.
This isn't an argument for a murderous rampage, but its opposite. We must kill our enemies with discrimination. But we do need to kill them. A corpse is a corpse: The media's rage dissipates with the stench. But an imprisoned terrorist is a strategic liability."
I like how he thinks. He also had this to say which I agree with one hundred percent: "Our policy toward terrorists and insurgents in civilian clothing should be straightforward and public: Surrender before firing a shot or taking hostile action toward our troops, and we'll regard you as a legal prisoner. But once you've pulled a trigger, thrown a grenade or detonated a bomb, you will be killed. On the battlefield and on the spot."
The ultimate goal in the War on Terror, as in any war, is to win. General MacArthur said, "It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it." Winning means killing your enemy.....and for those who commit acts of terror and use the civilian population and put them square in the middle of the battlefield, lose the rights he once had.
Historically, combatants who break Geneva Convention rules of warfare by acting as, or comingling with, citizens were executed. However, as it stands now, the Geneva rules apply to us but not them. Additionally, we have now bestowed legal rights unheard of heretofore to terrorists who are not bound by any rules.
Lt. Col Ralph Peters (US Army-ret.) author of Never Quit the Fight, says : "We need to clarify the rules of conflict. But integrity and courage have fled Washington. Nobody will state bluntly that we're in a fight for our lives, that war is hell, and that we must do what it takes to win.
This isn't an argument for a murderous rampage, but its opposite. We must kill our enemies with discrimination. But we do need to kill them. A corpse is a corpse: The media's rage dissipates with the stench. But an imprisoned terrorist is a strategic liability."
I like how he thinks. He also had this to say which I agree with one hundred percent: "Our policy toward terrorists and insurgents in civilian clothing should be straightforward and public: Surrender before firing a shot or taking hostile action toward our troops, and we'll regard you as a legal prisoner. But once you've pulled a trigger, thrown a grenade or detonated a bomb, you will be killed. On the battlefield and on the spot."
The ultimate goal in the War on Terror, as in any war, is to win. General MacArthur said, "It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it." Winning means killing your enemy.....and for those who commit acts of terror and use the civilian population and put them square in the middle of the battlefield, lose the rights he once had.
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