The art of war

[Warborg]

First off any war is ugly and sad.

I'm sure everyone has heard about Syria using chemicals on it's people.

I'm confused first off on why their are rules with war.

Why is it ok to shoot someone dead but it's not ok to gas them to death? If someone is captured rather then shot dead, you have to feed them and clothe them.

It all seems a little weird to me. I understand the point is to be humane but my thought is war itself is not humane.

 

[predatorkeeper87]

First off any war is ugly and sad.

I'm sure everyone has heard about Syria using chemicals on it's people.

I'm confused first off on why their are rules with war.

Why is it ok to shoot someone dead but it's not ok to gas them to death? If someone is captured rather then shot dead, you have to feed them and clothe them.

It all seems a little weird to me. I understand the point is to be humane but my thought is war itself is not humane.

some countries want to appear more humane than others when in reality all it does is cripple service members' ability to survive in certain cases.

 

[BIG-G]

The problem with gas is it is indiscriminate it kills babies and innocent along with combatants.
A bomb will also, if dropped on a school. which happens from time to time. Thats not the point. Its the suffering and the way in which gas kills every one and every thing, even the people that come to help.
Yeah it sounds crazy but I would rather have a bullet to the head then die slowly from a gas attack.

 

[MaddMaxx]

BIG-G hit it pretty much on the head. The rules of war are based bigly on the concept of minimizing civilian casualties. Things like chemical/biological weapons and "carpet-bombing" kill indiscriminately and can often result in high numbers of civilian deaths.

Think of it as a gentlemen's agreement during a duel to follow certain rules... 6 paces, turn and draw from a holster, etc...

 

[predatorkeeper87]

BIG-G hit it pretty much on the head. The rules of war are based bigly on the concept of minimizing civilian casualties. Things like chemical/biological weapons and "carpet-bombing" kill indiscriminately and can often result in high numbers of civilian deaths.

Think of it as a gentlemen's agreement during a duel to follow certain rules... 6 paces, turn and draw from a holster, etc...

except the ones we fight don't abide by those rules, kill their own countrymen and themselves just as readily as us....my vote is if someone is willing to gas people, napalm them before they do it.

 

[MaddMaxx]

except the ones we fight don't abide by those rules, kill their own countrymen and themselves just as readily as us....my vote is if someone is willing to gas people, napalm them before they do it.

I'm fine with that... as long as you aren't napalming my friends' grandmothers and families who aren't a threat and unable to leave because (as you mention) their own countrymen are killing them if they try to leave.

 

[Imsobored152]

except the ones we fight don't abide by those rules, kill their own countrymen and themselves just as readily as us....my vote is if someone is willing to gas people, napalm them before they do it.

So you can get shot and maimed by explosives and die, but you cant drown in your own fluids caused by mustard gas??? Not sure how one is more humane than the other, other than collateral damage to civilians.

 

[krichardson]

.....and as if that aint enough,North Korea recently fired what is thought to be a ballistic missile into the sea of Japan.

 

[Warborg]

.....and as if that aint enough,North Korea recently fired what is thought to be a ballistic missile into the sea of Japan.

N. Korea is like a toothless Targ

 

[krichardson]

N. Korea is like a toothless Targ

I'll admit that the magnitude of what they did pales compared to what happened in Syria.What is a Targ?