So you're advocating shooting anyone (or everyone?!) in the head?
In combat? Yes, definitely. I think that would be an excellent combat tactic. Shoot every swinging dick in the head, on sight. Except friendlies and obvious noncombatants. Ideally, that 's what you do in combat. It's amazing I even have to explain that to you.
If they can't be sure it is bin Laden, it still might be a suicide bomber (indeed, in your example it was). Suspected suicide bombers need to be shot in the head, according to your dogmatic rules of war.
In combat, you don't need to worry about who it is or whether they're suicide bombers or not. Just shoot them. Don't even give them time to surrender or explode. You're not required to. It's a fire fight. Whoever shoots firstest and straightest, lives. If you're going to stand around waiting to see whether the bandits are going to shoot you or surrender, you'll find out the hard way. It's amazing I even have to explain that to you.
After the shooting stops, any random survivors can wave white flags from behind their exellent cover. If they're smart, they won't expose themselves while they're waving the whities. Then they can be given surrender instructions. Obviously, they had sense enough to keep their heads down, so they're unlikely to be suicidal.
Funny thing about dogmatic rules of law, how some of them suit you and some don't.
Nothing funny about that. It's just natural to favor rules that maximize your chances of survival. Unless you're stupid.
In combat, there is no need to worry too much about dogmatic rules of war. It is unlikely that anyone will actually try to surrender to you during combat, especially if you keep up a steady drizzle of bullets, which I recommend. Most combatants instinctively know better than to expose themselves during combat. It's amazing that I even have to explain that to you.
Anyway, in your high-pathetical example, SEALs should be shooting everyone they meet in the head (by 'everyone', I'm perhaps unfairly assuming you mean only those brown, furrin, godless people, but if you think good god-fearing americans should be shot in the head in case they're wearing suicide vests speak up).
In combat? Yeah. Shoot every swinging dick in the head on sight except friendlies and obvious noncombatants. You don't need to worry about what color they are. Trust me. You'll live longer that way.
I'm still waiting for those simple questions you insisted I was avoiding, by the way.
How much will you pay me to be your step-and-fetch-it boy?
You were obviously avoiding something. You put Virus on ignore. What it was you were avoiding, I can only surmise. Based on the avoidance technique, I surmised you were avoiding some of his questions you complained about.
It's not worth it (to me) to go back through the thread and resurrect Virus' questions for you. If you want that, you can do it yourself.
When I made it clear I'd be happy to answer any that weren't strawmen or false dichotomies etc you suddenly went very quiet on the topic.
Well, that's very interesting, I'm sure. But not interesting enough to dig up the questions you complained about. If you are still obsessing about the questions, may I suggest resurrecting them yourself and confronting them? It might be cathartic for you.
