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~~connor-53~~ · 05-11-2009, 07:03 PM

Lets have a nice talk about ethics and morals in war.

Lets use the current Middle East situation as a starting point.

Background info: From my understanding, war is dispute between 2 or more countries or territories. And usually its the other one wants something from the other or doesn't share the same beliefs as the other and they typically want to rip each others heads off. In war you should show no mercy to an enemy and you should do whatever you need to in order to survive. Correct???

Anyway moving on........

There have been many accounts of soldiers in the middle east of not allowing to perform some search and seizures of possible "hotspots" because it is "unethical" to search the homes of suspects. For example: If you have a house in Iraq and have anything religious on a book shelf and that book case needs to be searched, you can NOT do it as a US soldier. You must have the lady of the house move the religious piece off of the book case. If she refuses, there is nothing you can do.

This is a very stupid intelligent thing to do. The government claims we can not interfere with their religion and that will do so. Do they not understand that people in those 3rd world countries that hate the US will kill themselves to kill 2 US soldiers? Also you are not allowed to destroy a car that tests positive for IEDS or other explosive devices wired into the cars, you must have a bomb squad come and disarm them...Does this make any sense at all?

Who gives a **** about ethics in the war in Iraq/Afghanistan, those people over there will do anything to kill and American soldier and we can not search their home for IEDS or other weapons without there permission? Since when should war have rules?

If the US gov't let the soldiers do what needs to be done we won't be "losing" this war, and there will be much fewer deaths and a faster success rate.

Discuss.

05-11-2009, 07:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
~~connor-53~~ Troubled Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: New York Posts: 525 OS: Vista Home Prem. 64 bit My System	Ethics in war? Lets have a nice talk about ethics and morals in war. Lets use the current Middle East situation as a starting point. Background info: From my understanding, war is dispute between 2 or more countries or territories. And usually its the other one wants something from the other or doesn't share the same beliefs as the other and they typically want to rip each others heads off. In war you should show no mercy to an enemy and you should do whatever you need to in order to survive. Correct??? Anyway moving on........ There have been many accounts of soldiers in the middle east of not allowing to perform some search and seizures of possible "hotspots" because it is "unethical" to search the homes of suspects. For example: If you have a house in Iraq and have anything religious on a book shelf and that book case needs to be searched, you can NOT do it as a US soldier. You must have the lady of the house move the religious piece off of the book case. If she refuses, there is nothing you can do. This is a very stupid intelligent thing to do. The government claims we can not interfere with their religion and that will do so. Do they not understand that people in those 3rd world countries that hate the US will kill themselves to kill 2 US soldiers? Also you are not allowed to destroy a car that tests positive for IEDS or other explosive devices wired into the cars, you must have a bomb squad come and disarm them...Does this make any sense at all? Who gives a **** about ethics in the war in Iraq/Afghanistan, those people over there will do anything to kill and American soldier and we can not search their home for IEDS or other weapons without there permission? Since when should war have rules? If the US gov't let the soldiers do what needs to be done we won't be "losing" this war, and there will be much fewer deaths and a faster success rate. Discuss.