Some twit names Alston who is both a UN staffer and New York University law professor wants us to rein in our drone strikes against terrorists. These are strikes that have the enemy terrorized, I should add, because of their effectiveness. So naturally, from the rarefied atmosphere of a university professorship and "UN expert," our drone strikes must be brought under control. Car bombs never inspire such intense opposition. Nor do acid attacks on girls, rocket bombardments of innocents, suicide best bombings, building bombs into apartments or schools or houses, or Chlorine gas bombs to kill civilians. Or hijacking planes and crashing them into buildings, for that matter. Somehow, terrorists get an effective pass for such tactics that kill innocents in large numbers--and usually on purpose. For these attacks, we are supposed to ask why the hate us?
But I'm used to these nimrods siding with our enemies. That is a dog chases car story. What gets me is that these terrorist enablers like Alston--even if they protest that they don't approve of terrorism--get a pass from the "progressives" of the world for advocating policies that provide incentives for our enemies to violate the rules of war and place innocent civilians at risk:
Alston, an Australian, suggested the rules should specify that suspects who aren't wearing uniforms could only be targeted if they are directly observed taking part in hostilities.
So we are to make failure to wear a uniform--a violation of the rules of war that should revoke any protections the terrorists would get from obeying those rules--a protection against being attacked? Uniforms are designed to protect innocent civilians so other soldiers don't have to wonder if the person they see is an enemy or not. But Alston wants to encourage civilian deaths by letting terrorists draw protection from wearing civilian clothes. Well, that's delightful. I'm sure it makes perfect sense in faculty lounges and UN Human Rights Commission meetings.
And these terrorist leaders, whose role would largely be at a phone or computer ordering attacks by the lowlife pond scum that constitutes their cannon fodder, can only be shot at if they are directly observed taking part in hostilities? So commanders must act like foot soldiers to be attacked? Does Alston have even a passing familiarity with the real world? His so-called trigger is another measure of protection for terrorist leaders.
Effing idiots.
