Assassinations are OK [View All]

[judy]

Not according to the good old days, when International Law in effect, even in a time of war:

Article 23 of the Hague Convention IV (18 October 1907) Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land states that in addition to the prohibitions by Special Conventions, it is especially forbidden to:
(a) employ poison or poisoned weapons;
(b) kill or wound individuals belonging to the hostile nation or army;
(c) kill or wound an enemy who, having laid down his arms, or having no longer means of defence, has surrendered;
(d) declare that no quarter will be given;
(e) employ arms, projectiles, or material calculated to cause unnecessary suffering;
(f) make improper use of a flag of truce, of the national flag or of the military insignia and uniform of the enemy, as well as the distinctive badges of the Geneva Convention;
(g) destroy or seize the enemy's property, unless such destruction or seizure be imperatively demanded by the necessities of war;
(h) declare abolished, suspended, or inadmissible in a court of law the rights and actions of the nationals of the hostile party.

Ah, this sounds so quaint and outdated...as do the Treaty of San Francisco that established the UN, and the Judgement at Nuremberg...with our actions, we have joyously blown up that good old bridge to the 21st Century!

These actions encourage terrorism, like pouring gasoline on a fire. In a country that has lost its moral fiber, it makes sense that people like Scott Roeder, would think that Dr.Tiller is someone who definitely should be killed. Where is the difference? It's all a matter of point of view. Once it becomes OK to assassinate, just pick your victim: kill Obama because he is bringing Socialism to the US (I wish he would!), kill whomever you think is a danger to whatever you hold dear for whatever reason.

I was against state sanctioned killing before. But now that we have adopted the Code of Conduct that was in effect under Attila the Hun, I am at a loss as to how to get out from under this cloud of shame :(