• Vqhm@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Unfortunately based on the rules of was the medical staff do not have to cooperate, or even be aware, simply storing weapons, or a command center, or staging armed soldiers for war next to a hospital removes the protections.

    The rules of war aren’t about making things perfect, they’re very much a do not let perfect be the enemy of good and filled with compromises.

    If you want protections for medical staff you have to clear a section of ground for them that isn’t used for war.

    I didn’t make these rules. These rules were agreed to in order to try to prevent total war. Where carpet bombs flattened entire cities like what happened in Dresden.

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      1 year ago

      That’s BS. Proximity shielding is used to excuse war crimes. You should not kill people especially if they aren’t even aware. Using it as an excuse for murder is propaganda.