To win a war against terrorists . . . do you think we need to have?

Question

a follow-up discussion to the Geneva Convention? Do you think it's possible to fight terrorist armies under the terms and conditions?

Answer 1

The Geneva Convention is unacceptable when fighting terrorists. It's a good set of laws if you are fighting a more civilized and formal army like the Nazis, who you could easily defeat without as much trouble as we are having fighting terrorists, but you must use extreme methods to crush terrorism, whether it be torture or something else.

Answer 2

You really expect terrorists to follow conditions? They don't even have representatives. Who are we going to negotiate terms with, Osama Bin Laden? That they are 'terrorists' means that they don't necessarily belong to a particular group or nationality, so they can't all be bound any agreed-upon conditions.

Also, the Geneva convension only applies to signers of the convention, and they must also follow the rules. That terrorists don't wear uniforms and target mainly civilians rules them out of that particular convention.

Answer 3

Great point. I agree that situations, views and circumstances change. With that being the case, I think we should revisit the convention guidelines. But then again, these terms are intended to be in place in conflict between nations. Islamic militants are not acting on behalf of an organized nation and therefore are not protected under the Geneva Convention guidelines.

Answer 4

If you want to win the war on terror we need to have a clear definition of what a terrorist is. Secondly, if you want to win the war on terrorism as a nation we need to fight the ideology that convinces one to become a terrorist.

However, as per your question, the Geneva Convention only applies to countries, not organizations. A follow up discussion would be useless because terrorist organizations aren't interested in peaceful negotiations, they are only interested in using fear and violence to achieve their objectives.

Answer 5

The terms of the Geneva Convention only apply to it's signatories. The terrorists are by definition not abiding by the terms of the Geneva Convention nor are they signatories of it.

To hold one side of a conflict to it's provisions and not the other is to fight with one hand tied behind your back.

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Answer 6

The Geneva convention is a joke, but terrorists are not a uniformed army of a nation, so the geneva convention doesn't really apply to them anyway.

Answer 7

the war on terrorists is almost as funny as the so called war on drugs. There will be no winners in either "war". You want to fight terrorists...well we are going to have to start thinking like one and when the time is right-act like one. In my opinion terrorists are heartless chicken**** bastards that only understand two things: violence and cash. when we discover a known terrorists we need to take them down immediately with extreme prejudice and then we need to find out by name who is funding the terrorist and terminate that person and let the chips fall where they may. You can toss the Geneva convention right out the window. those rules no longer apply.
To be honest,(and I am not particularly proud of this) but I am willing to wipe out a terrorists family bloodline, right down to the last DNA strand. Thats how much I hate terrorism. An eye for an eye as the saying goes. But winning? it will never happen, not as long as people have something to ***** about, a God to die for, land to sieze and ideals and beliefs they deem worthy enough to die for.

Answer 8

'Mushpuppie' is correct. Americans don't want to evolve into a nation that accepts terrorist attacks as a way of life like the UK and Israel because of political correctness and appeasement. Take care of the problem by whatever it takes. Bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki saved millions of lives and resulted in a thriving Japan that can live amongst and get along with other countries.

Answer 9

Hold capitol cities responsible for any terrorist attack .
We catch a guy from Syria we nuke , Damascus if its Saudi Arabia , Riyadh , Iran , Tehran and so forth .
This will send a clear message to the people who's daily prayers are in support of a terrorist holy war against Britain and America .
They seem to be avoiding the Catholic nation of Brazil for some reason but They will get around to them eventually .

Answer 10

To defeat a terrorist, you must become a terrorist. We used terror attacks against Dresden in WWII (25-35,000 civilians killed) and Japan ( over 150,000 civilians killed). Those attacks instilled a terror amongst the ordinary people who were the backbone of support for the Axis war effort. A terror of continuing such a foolhardy and hopeless war against the mightiest nation the world has ever known (that's us, the U.S.A. for you leftists who weren't sure).
On Okinawa, Japanese POWs were summarily executed due to the exigencies of war, which, at times, is HELL.
Making your enemies rue the day they ever thought of making war on you is the only way to ensure lasting peace.
Without using terror we can't win a war against terror. Terror didn't attack us on 9-11, Islamic fundamentalists did. Carrier-based warplanes didn't attack Pearl Harbor, the Japs did. A submarine didn't sink the Lusitania, the Germans did. If you can't name your enemy, you CANNOT defeat him.
STOP HITLARY NOW!!!