Fort Retreat Survival --> call for discussion

[Zeldor]

Seve82:

Do you know any wars that made use of geneva conventions? I think that is just a dead and worthless thing because no one respects it.

[sector24]

The Geneva Convention is just a set of rules, nations and individuals can choose to obey them or not. However, its existence provides accountability, i.e. if you do bad things you will be tried for war crimes when we catch you. So in that sense all wars make use of the Geneva Convention. But yes, there's always someone that does something we consider reprehensible even in the context of a war.

I think cleveland's idea of making all forts into the Alamo sounds like it would increase strategic options. But I don't expect anything to change and the way things are now isn't bad.

[Zeldor]

sector24:

That means completely nothing. The only way to judge anyone for breaking Convention is to win war against him. So it changes nothing - previously if you won a war you killed/punished your opponent. Wars now are not less bloody - look at Africa, Kosovo, Iraq. It is just wishful thinking that Convention like that will change anything.

[sector24]

The existence of laws don't deter all criminals, but they do deter some. The Geneva Convention might not stop an Iraqi dictator but it will stop an American one. So it's not useless. But this is off topic, so we don't have to agree.