re: #657 Syrah

Which also escalates the problem that Screaming Eagle mentioned in #446 in that you want the enemy to think it is always in their best interest to throw their weapons to the ground and surrender at first chance, even to a passing news crew if one presents itself.

I think Screaming Eagle made a small mistake in #446 in that he made the statement that there is a Geneva convention requirement to execute combatants who are found out of uniform. I don’t think that is so. I think the Geneva Conventions permit them to be executed summarily, but I don’t think it requires it.

If captured, they live or die at our pleasure. It is still in their interest to beg for our mercy. We are most likely to give it, even if undeserved.

No mistake was made. Non-uniformed combants hiding behind civilians is required by the Geneva Conventions to be executed on the spot. They are a threat to civilized humanity as spelled out in the conventions. I am no expert on which article to find it under but it was one that jumped out at me a few years ago when I was re-reading them.