re: #63 Randall Gross

Seems like pretty thin rationalization to me, but that’s why I used “skirting” instead of “breaking” or “ignoring”. They are in a legal grey zone, and different international courts would no doubt read this one different ways. I think they should take better care when targeting objectives near journalists.

No it’s not, it’s taught as perfectly valid doctrine at my (european) law school with a bit of a reputation in international law (Leiden, if you must know).

it’s not skirting, it’s not being creative; it’s well within bounds. Objects or installations used for military purposes can be treated as such. How is that even controversial? If not I can assure you there’d be some rather large “amusement park” signs and zoning codes on every last single military base ever, to give a bit of a hyperbolic example. :)