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Title: | #6, #7 You Are Both Wrong | |||
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| Name: | Johnboy | | |||
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| City: | Sydney | State: | Australia | | |
| A militant fires from among civilians. Q: Is that militant immune from return fire? A: No. He remains a legitimate military target regardless of the civilians around him. Q: Are those *civilians* still immune from counter-attack? A: YES, because the presence of a militant amongst their them does not strip *them* of their protected status. The result? The belligerent can attempt to take out that militant (Int`l law does not prohibit that) but they must choose a method that (at least attempts) to distinguish *that* militant from *those* protected persons. They can call up a sniper, for example, to try to kill him, but they can`t carpet bomb the entire suburb. Both would be effective, but only the former would be legal, because only the former is attempting to distinguish the militant from the civvie. The latter is indiscriminate, and hence is illegal. Barak wants advice that he can go gangbusters on Gaza, and would be ill-advised indeed if he gets it. |
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