What ARE the Rules?

Dear, oh dear, the era of platitudes has come to bite us in the a*se. I usually mention the mental capacity of politicians as being somewhat on the low side. But one would have thought that at least if they say something it is of their own low brain power. But now, what has become apparent is that there must be a primary school somewhere where 6 year olds trying to learn, compose wonderful sentences. Sentences like – ‘Israel must follow the rules of war!’ Or ‘We have no choice but must build seventy new towns’. Even better ‘We need 5 million immigrants to pick lettuces’. Or very similar words. I have been in an western army and I remember the rules of war. The sergeants mentioned them every morning. It was drummed into us that we had to ask politely how the enemy wanted to be killed. Which weapon they would prefer and the preferred size of bullet. Politicians and yes Sir Biden is one of ‘m, should just shut up because it is all just tosh. When you are in battle the only things you will think of is, how to keep out of the firing lines and how to get at the enemy. You do not think of how you will kill him or her or it, you just kill. Rules of war are made by liberal idiots who go home every night drinking their coffee, stroke the dog and start composing another rule of war. War is not a nice thing. It is bloody, it is downright nasty. We should stop pontificating how it should be fought.

We should also stop these stupid court cases. Let’s be fair if we are big enough to send an army somewhere, then people will get killed. Some in a very nasty way. Humanity is the most aggressive animal on the planet. No liberal words will be able to hide it. If you want to have rules of war, something of the order of ‘No shooting after 6pm and a coffee break at 11am’ then forget about winning anything or even bother to have an army. You will not exist after 6pm! We only have to look at the ferocity of Hamas for instance, when years of living without opportunities, without education, without enough food, has fostered a hatred that has thrown all rules out of the window. On the other side similar feelings with memories of the Holocaust still governing policy. Such circumstances burbling on about Rules of War is just plain stupidity and as far as politicians are concerned, a complete misunderstanding of the reality on the ground. According to what I heard on the News, ‘Every Hamas member is a dead man’. Making no pretence to be nice, neither mentioning the Rules. That is the reality. I am sure we will hear many gut wrenching stories in the near future when Israel has gone into Gaza. Innocent citizens will die. It is the old, old story all over again, ever since humanity set foot on the planet.