[lit-ideas] Re: Willie Pete, well, okay, a little bit

  • From: Judy Evans <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:55:36 +0000

Wednesday, November 16, 2005, 2:58:57 PM, Eric Yost wrote:

JE> My second post is a reaction to your knee-jerk reaction, "Saddam
> did worse".

EY> Now I understand, Judy. You think I was arguing that we're just 
EY> ducky because Saddam did worse.

Yes.

EY> Further, I was suggesting that any nation employing the "put the 
EY> cannon fodder on the front line" tactic might be committing a war 
EY> crime. Granted, the two world wars used a lot of cannon-fodder 
EY> tactics, but wouldn't it be good if (in addition to existing 
EY> rules) certain tactics were themselves considered war crimes?

Yes.  But I doubt you'll get cannon-fodder tactics declared war
crimes, partly because of problems of definition


-- 
Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK

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