The Western-inspired international legal order is today under assault at the UN; at the same time, an obsolete Law of Armed Conflict is preventing the West from defending itself on the ground. As a military organization, NATO should today articulate a "Counter-Lawfare" doctrine for the sake of intellectual interoperability. As a security organization, NATO should not wait until it has become a full-fledged UN of Democracies to start elaborating a New Law of Armed Conflict adapted to the realities of post-modern warfare.
Isn't this the Gonzales approach to the laws of war? The laws of war were established to place civilians in a position of relative safety during periods of warfare. this change in the laws of war will free politicians and the military from even paying lipservice to the conventions laid down as a result of the Nuremberg trials.
Are we who live in the west the good guys? We can only prove that by our actions. In films is John Wayne the good guy because he wears the white hat or is it because of his actions? This idea seems to be saying that the mere wearing of the correct coloured hat makes you the good guy, no matter the actions, along the lines of the my country right or wrong theme. Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
The Western-inspired international legal order is today under assault at the UN
at the same time, an obsolete Law of Armed Conflict is preventing the West from defending itself on the ground
As a military organization, NATO should today articulate a "Counter-Lawfare" doctrine for the sake of intellectual interoperability
As a security organization, NATO should not wait until it has become a full-fledged UN of Democracies to start elaborating a New Law of Armed Conflict adapted to the realities of post-modern warfare.
Right. We have met the enemy, and it is us — Pogo
