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Rules? War has "rules"??
People are talking about this issue of war having rules. One side says that it seems ironic that when people are bombing each other and shooting and killing that there should be any talk of "fairness" and rules etc. They say that it is kind of funny that the US administration is "crying" about the underhanded dirty tactics of the Iraqi military regime.
Others point out that it isn't about "crying foul", it is about making it clear that extra punishment will be meted out to those who treat POW's with undue harshness, in hopes that the other side actually decides to keep the POW's alive and reasonably healthy. It is about basic human decency. Rape, for example, is frowned upon even during wartime. Just because people are at war does not mean that all bets are off as far as basic laws, so the world agreed that the precepts put forth at the Geneva convention would be adhered to by ALL nations, including Iraq.
Oh yeah,
Someone on another board mentioned something about RP&P rules, and my question is for anyone "in-the-know" about US miltaryspeak, like theKing etc. What is "RP&P"?
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