Someone Finally Looked Up What “Disproportionate Force” Really Means

It is long past time that we stop having to listen to critics of Israel make up their own versions of what ‘Disproportionate Force’ means and find out what International Law actually says.

Michael Totten, in Gaza and the Law of Armed Conflict actually investigates how International Law addresses the issue, referring to the Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC)

The LOAC arises from a desire among civilized nations to prevent unnecessary suffering and destruction while not impeding the effective waging of war. A part of public international law, LOAC regulates the conduct of armed hostilities. It also aims to protect civilians, prisoners of war, the wounded, sick, and shipwrecked. LOAC applies to international armed conflicts and in the conduct of military operations and related activities in armed conflict, however such conflicts are characterized.

Totten writes:

Proportionality, in short and according to the law, “prohibits the use of any kind or degree of force that exceeds that needed to accomplish the military objective.”

Isn’t it the LLLs who are constantly going on about “international law”?

Too bad they have no idea what they’re talking about.