The definition of the term civilian is one not in the armed services or the police force. The definition of the term combatant is a person engaged in fighting. The definition of combat is armed conflict, battle; struggle, contest.
In war, there are no noncombatants. Anyone, providing support of any form including moral, weapons, ammunition, transportation, medical, food, etc is engaged in the conflict. Killing people behind the battle lines works. The United States proved that in WWII when we dropped the atomic bombs on Japan. Do we believe our carpet-bombing in Germany and in Viet Nam was selective? We killed men, women, children, pets, farm animals, and destroyed buildings, houses, roads, bridges anything within range of the bombs.
In Viet Nam, the enemy would leave babies in the sun by the roadside booby trapped with hand grenades. If our soldiers attempted to show compassion, they died. Eight-year-old girls can kill as easily as a twenty-five year old man can. No one is exempt. Until we are willing to wage war like our enemy, we cannot win. Until we are willing to kill hundreds of people just to get to one, we cannot win.
In Lebanon, anyone providing support of any form involves himself or herself in the combat and is therefore legitimate targets. The Lebanese people made Hezbollah part of their government therefore as part of the Lebanese government anything Hezbollah does; they do as representatives of the Lebanese people. With Hezbollah acting for the Lebanese people all Lebanese people living within the borders of Lebanon are legitimate targets. Since the government of Israel is synonymous with the Jewish religion, all Israelis, within the borders of Israel, are legitimate targets.
Anyone providing support to the United States' troops in Iraq or Afghanistan or "on terror" are legitimate targets. All citizens of the United States are legitimate targets. As in a knife fight, there are no rules in war. We should understand that and act accordingly. Anyone apprehended within the borders of the United States who has intentions to do harm to the United States or its people is a spy and should be treated as such forthwith. Any citizen of the United States, who attempts to betray their nation by waging war or attempting to wage war is guilty of treason and should be punished as the Constitution allows as quickly as possible.
The people of the United States should understand that war is armed hostility between nations and that includes every citizen of each country. War is not something we send our military off to do while we live on as if nothing is different. The purpose of war is to kill, destroy, maim, injure, WIN. Torture should not be used, not for reasons of humanity, but because it does not produce results that are reliable. War is not to be taken lightly.
For the past 50 or so years, we have permitted our government to engage in conflicts around the world; Korea, Viet Nam through Iraq without following the Constitution. We have allowed our presidents to make war on people around the world. If we would follow the Constitution and require the President to ask the Congress to Declare War our military would be a lot less active and we would be safer and the world more friendly. In cases where congress did declare war, it would not be a republican war or democratic war it would be a United States war. Since WWII, we have not engaged in wars to protect our freedom but to force our will on others and now most, if not all, the world hates us and rightly so. We have allowed our Presidents to sacrifice the lives use our military. It is not the responsibility of the United States to free the people of the world. We are not and should not be nation builders.
War is a terrible responsibility and the citizens of the United States have failed in their responsibilities. And because of that failure, the world is a much more dangerous place.
In war, there are no noncombatants. Anyone, providing support of any form including moral, weapons, ammunition, transportation, medical, food, etc is engaged in the conflict. Killing people behind the battle lines works. The United States proved that in WWII when we dropped the atomic bombs on Japan. Do we believe our carpet-bombing in Germany and in Viet Nam was selective? We killed men, women, children, pets, farm animals, and destroyed buildings, houses, roads, bridges anything within range of the bombs.
In Viet Nam, the enemy would leave babies in the sun by the roadside booby trapped with hand grenades. If our soldiers attempted to show compassion, they died. Eight-year-old girls can kill as easily as a twenty-five year old man can. No one is exempt. Until we are willing to wage war like our enemy, we cannot win. Until we are willing to kill hundreds of people just to get to one, we cannot win.
In Lebanon, anyone providing support of any form involves himself or herself in the combat and is therefore legitimate targets. The Lebanese people made Hezbollah part of their government therefore as part of the Lebanese government anything Hezbollah does; they do as representatives of the Lebanese people. With Hezbollah acting for the Lebanese people all Lebanese people living within the borders of Lebanon are legitimate targets. Since the government of Israel is synonymous with the Jewish religion, all Israelis, within the borders of Israel, are legitimate targets.
Anyone providing support to the United States' troops in Iraq or Afghanistan or "on terror" are legitimate targets. All citizens of the United States are legitimate targets. As in a knife fight, there are no rules in war. We should understand that and act accordingly. Anyone apprehended within the borders of the United States who has intentions to do harm to the United States or its people is a spy and should be treated as such forthwith. Any citizen of the United States, who attempts to betray their nation by waging war or attempting to wage war is guilty of treason and should be punished as the Constitution allows as quickly as possible.
The people of the United States should understand that war is armed hostility between nations and that includes every citizen of each country. War is not something we send our military off to do while we live on as if nothing is different. The purpose of war is to kill, destroy, maim, injure, WIN. Torture should not be used, not for reasons of humanity, but because it does not produce results that are reliable. War is not to be taken lightly.
For the past 50 or so years, we have permitted our government to engage in conflicts around the world; Korea, Viet Nam through Iraq without following the Constitution. We have allowed our presidents to make war on people around the world. If we would follow the Constitution and require the President to ask the Congress to Declare War our military would be a lot less active and we would be safer and the world more friendly. In cases where congress did declare war, it would not be a republican war or democratic war it would be a United States war. Since WWII, we have not engaged in wars to protect our freedom but to force our will on others and now most, if not all, the world hates us and rightly so. We have allowed our Presidents to sacrifice the lives use our military. It is not the responsibility of the United States to free the people of the world. We are not and should not be nation builders.
War is a terrible responsibility and the citizens of the United States have failed in their responsibilities. And because of that failure, the world is a much more dangerous place.
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