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Originally Posted by Botnst
When the Romans murder civilians then you kill Romans and you find out what Romans have planned for future murders and you find out where the Romans hang-out and you kill them, too. And you keep killing Romans until they take-up street vending or farming.
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I just can't grasp the mentality that seeks to lower the US to the least common denominator. We are better than that, we are better than torturing our prisoners, we are better than using chemical and biological weapons. The sacrifice made by our servicemen and women should not be cheapened by becoming what we fight against. Ours is a nation of ideals, of values, and yes, of morals. That is what makes us a great nation. Not our immense military power, but what that power fights for. We may be the only side playing by the rules, but we will win despite that, and be better for it (I know, almost verbatim from the other thread, but it bears repeating)
Those who argue against the Geneva Conventions, is not the seal of our nation upon that document, the signed names of our representatives? Do you break written contracts in your day to day life? Is not the word of the US government to be worth anything? If we break the codes which we have agreed to adhere to, why would any other nation believe anything from us? What leadership to emerging democracies would we be providing? What right to call ourselves the greatest nation on earth, if we cannot abide by a document that is humanitarian at it's core, and that has our sworn commitment to abide?