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Posted by: zanshin,
2009-01-12 01:10 |
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Can the current laws of war be applied to asymmetrical conflicts ? -- Work In Progress
Can the current laws of war be applied to asymmetrical conflicts ? -- Work In Progress
Background and Context
Can the laws of war be applied to asymmetrical conflicts such as Israel's war with Hamas?
This Argumentation started with the above question coming from the article, "Did Israel Commit War Crimes in Gaza?" by Thomas Darnstädt and Christoph Schult in Spiegel Online (2009-01-26)
"Can the laws of war really be applied to asymmetrical conflicts such as Israel's war with Hamas?" is an important issue to resolve when answering the question "Did Israel Commit War Crimes in Gaza?" in an Argumentation (link)
Evaluation of this Open-Ended Issue
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Argument Tree
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Can the laws of war be applied to asymmetrical conflicts -- Work In Progress
YES: The laws of war can be applied to asymmetrical conflicts
>>NO: The laws of war can NOT be applied to asymmetrical conflicts
>>“International law becomes meaningless when any attempt is made to apply its principles equally to barbarian nations. The only way to punish a black tribe is to burn their villages; it is the only sort of example they understand. For the German empire to apply international law in cases like this would not be either humanity or justice; it would be shameful weakness.”
-- Heinrich von Treischke, German political scientist
>>“The fear of barbarians is what is in danger of turning us into barbarians. And the evil that we do will far exceed what we initially fear.”
-- Tzvetan Todorov, in his book, The Fear of Barbarians
>>“It is someone who believes that a population or an individual is not fully human and therefore merits treatment that he would resolutely refuse to apply to himself.”
-- According to Tzvetan Todorov, defining 'the term 'barbarian
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