http://www.miller-mccune.com/science-environment/science-human-rights-and-the-military-7423/ Nationally Acclaimed Politics, Science and Culture Coverage Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:00:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.miller-mccune.com/science-environment/science-human-rights-and-the-military-7423/#comment-1890 stealthbear Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:51:24 +0000 http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/?p=7423#comment-1890 War by it's very nature is not ethical. The Geneva Conventions were drawn up because of the use of gas warfare, treatment of captured and wounded soldiers and the indiscriminate killing of civilians during WWI. The United States in the almost 100 years since the convention has yet to fight an enemy that adheres to them. Does that mean the United States should not honor them? No, but neither should any affective means of moving the war to a successful conclusion be summarily dismissed because a group of academics say it doesn't conform to their ideal of ethical behavior. When our soldiers are facing and enemy that believes strapping suicide bombs to mentally disabled women and having them detonate them in public squares is an appropriate way to fight a war, I find the AAA argument of HTS being a violation of human rights and rules of war to be a bit disingenuous. War by it’s very nature is not ethical. The Geneva Conventions were drawn up because of the use of gas warfare, treatment of captured and wounded soldiers and the indiscriminate killing of civilians during WWI. The United States in the almost 100 years since the convention has yet to fight an enemy that adheres to them. Does that mean the United States should not honor them? No, but neither should any affective means of moving the war to a successful conclusion be summarily dismissed because a group of academics say it doesn’t conform to their ideal of ethical behavior. When our soldiers are facing and enemy that believes strapping suicide bombs to mentally disabled women and having them detonate them in public squares is an appropriate way to fight a war, I find the AAA argument of HTS being a violation of human rights and rules of war to be a bit disingenuous.

]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/science-environment/science-human-rights-and-the-military-7423/#comment-1650 Anonymous User Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:05:17 +0000 http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/?p=7423#comment-1650 Thanks, Len Rubenstein and Miller-McCune. Anyone concerned with this area should read the 2009 (revised) edition of "On Killing" by Col. Dave Grossman. My review is at metapsychology.mentalhelp.netE. James Lieberman, M.D. Thanks, Len Rubenstein and Miller-McCune. Anyone concerned with this area should read the 2009 (revised) edition of “On Killing” by Col. Dave Grossman. My review is at metapsychology.mentalhelp.netE. James Lieberman, M.D.

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