Civilians, soldiers and the rules of war 35 Articles

by Randy Pinion

While the issue of formally charging individuals with war crimes is a fairly new one, brought about in an age of powerful court systems, world government, and the slow abolishment of the infallible monarchies of his...read more

by Larry Cole

The rules of war as stated by Gen. George Patton in summary stated that it shouldn't be the goal of his soldiers to die for their country but to 'get the other sonofabitch' to die for his. Each of his men, and all other me...read more

by Nathan Sweem

The rules of war were easy to follow in the past, because there was a clear distinction between soldiers and civilians. Soldiers wore uniforms and swore alliegance to a sovereign state. Today, however, the line between...read more

by Aldo Bonincontro

War is a great human disaster that, starting from the II W.W., has killed, wounded and lead to ruin more civilians than soldiers. Already with the I W.W.. this trend has begun, finding its top in the following conflicts a...read more

by Peejaydee

It seems absurd that we should even be discussing the 'rules' of war. Rules are irrelevant when it comes to war - think about it. The whole point of a war, as we know one to be, is to stop your 'enemy' and their philosop...read more

by Ted Sherman

The rules of war are ... there are NO rules of war. A man who kills a dozen young people in a school is awarded the death penalty, while a soldier who kills a dozen young people on the battlefield is awarded a medal. The w...read more

by Richard Mccoy

Event Total Dead US Population % of Population Total War Dead Pearl Harbor 2,388 131,028,000 0.00182% 418,500 9/11 2,752 281,424,603 0.00098% 3,063 Comparison: On December 7th, 1...read more

by leiamra

Soldiers are trained armed men with guns, tanks and other strategic weapons. They can use these guns for offensive and defensive reasons. Civilians on the other hand, are neither trained nor armed. They are not author...read more

by T. M. Beeker

I am not entirely sure what the debate is but I'll jump into the swimming hole. Civilians in war are one thing and one thing only; in the way. Nothing makes a Grunt cringe more than entering a fire-fight hearing this, '...read more

by Vanessa Sanders

Rules of war. Now that is the pinnacle of oxymoronic statements if I have ever heard one. It's up there with fair fight. The point of war is to kill, what rules are there? Certainly at some point, way before the use of mis...read more

by Waninahi Wadegei

Today, you, I, everyone in America owes a veteran! In modern-day wars, here are the costs of freedom! ~World War I ... 116,516 ~World War II ... 405,399 ~Korean War ... 36,574 ~Vietnam War ...read more

by Sarah Jones

War has no rules. It never has and it never will. However, there is a document called the Geneva Convention. It states some guidelines a compassionate person would follow even in war. It protects everyone: civili...read more

by Timmos Norton

Americans, each and every one of us, are potentially citizen soldiers. Perhaps this fact is disturbing to some, but consider the probability that fear of an armed populace ranks highly in the reasons we've never had to d...read more

by Marcus Brooks

General Patton said it first, "War is hell." War was hell on the opposing armies fighting it. War was hell on the environment housing it. War was hell on the civilians trapped within it. Often in conflict, human loss...read more

by John Wheelhouse

A soldier in todays Army love their country as did our forefathers. The Geneva Convention which is the treaty we soldiers uphold or (NATO). It came about in 1859 after the battle of Solferino. The atrocities that occurr...read more

by Brenda Lacy

Recently there were a few soldiers that were put in the military jail for killing some of our enemies. I was shocked, when do you weigh what you have been taught, after you dead? These men are dying inside, having a pen p...read more

by Penny S Dowell

THE FOILED ROBBERIES This story is an amazing true story and it also hits close to home for me. On April 8, 2008 at around 12:00am my sister-in-law Mae was awakened from her bed by the sound of her dogs barking. Th...read more

by Joe Gonzalez

In a perfect world world rules of war would apply and we would have referees. Not going to happen. We, Americans like to think that every nation will abide by the Geneva Convention. We are to treat prisoners of war with re...read more

by Jamail Franklin

CIVILIANS,SOLDIERS,AND THE RULES OF WAR What is the variable that makes a distinguishing difference between a civilian and a soldier? The only factor is if there is no war being fought ...read more

by Ross Valigura

According to US law if you have any dealings with someone even after they have committed a crime, you are an accessory. Let's put this same logic into war crimes. If the people in a village or city are supporting the e...read more