Eric Arthur Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 It isn't murder if it is legal which it apparently was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerousedd Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 there was really no way to arrest him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apelike Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 No, sorry. We agree on many things, but this is a war and as such certain things take place that are unpalatable but required. Enemy soldiers are not murdered in war as long as Geneva convention is followed, and as the UN don't seem to be looking to arrest Cameron, I presume they must have been. Just to point out we or the USA are not at war with them as war has never been declared. The Geneva convention deals specifically with the protocols of war. The end of my last post states what I feel should have happened but people should admit that it is in fact state sponsored murder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtkate Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Just to point out we or the USA are not at war with them as war has never been declared. The Geneva convention deals specifically with the protocols of war. The end of my last post states what I feel should have happened but people should admit that it is in fact state sponsored murder. Fair point This is an issue with the Geneva Convention is that it dealt with 'enemies' being another country. I think it needs updating to cover groups who operate as one even if they do not have a 'sponsoring' country. Then laws and protocols can be implemented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilhat Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Fair point This is an issue with the Geneva Convention is that it dealt with 'enemies' being another country. I think it needs updating to cover groups who operate as one even if they do not have a 'sponsoring' country. Then laws and protocols can be implemented. Wars suggest two countries going at it - we've spent the better part of decade taking on organisations that don't belong or represent any one country but spread over several. We need to update our laws I think. But yeah, glad he's dead. If we could extract him the cost would be too high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASGOWOODS Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Both of them. He should have been abducted by specops on the ground, rendered for trial and convicted very publicly, (but quietly-) lifted again by specops on the way out of court ('gently', no killing G4S employees), then executed in international waters with a pay-per-view (X Factor-style voting: world record freefall without parachute, sharks, beheading <etc.>, and pay extra for the bacon suit) option tacked on (proceeds of which going directly to No.11, budget deficit sorted in one, with the self-defence box ticked as a bonus). Oh I'm liking this a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
999tigger Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 (edited) This is a stupid poll as it suggests that both were an option. There was no opportunity to arrest him This is correct, but if you are talking hypothetically that he could have been arrested and put on trial, then that would have been much more preferable. If a extraction was too inherently risky, then it wasnt worth putting more people at risk. Of theyd have had a chance im sure they have loved to have captured him. I'm glad he's dead and wont shed a tear, but he got an easy way out compared to his victims. Bringing him to account in his case is more effective by putting him on trial than a simple execution. Edited November 13, 2015 by 999tigger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcharlie Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 I'd like to think he actually saw it coming the split second before it hit. Hopefully he was still alive when the rats came for their evening feast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey104 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 This would be a good argument for state sponsored murder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exxon Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 I'd like to think he actually saw it coming the split second before it hit. Hopefully he was still alive when the rats came for their evening feast. Hopefully there were enough big bits for the virgins to get one each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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