Is infrastructure a viable target in a time of war?

[Senior]

These International Laws/Accords protect critical infrastructure from indiscriminate targeting and/or destruction:

1. The Geneva Conventions (1949) and Additional Protocols (1977)
The Fourth Geneva Convention focuses on the civilian population. Articles 18, 52, and 54.

2. The Hague Conventions (1899 and 1907)
Parties to a conflict must distinguish between civilian property and military targets.

3. The Nuremberg Principles (1945/1950)
The Nuremberg Principles codified “War Crimes" and “Crimes Against Humanity" into international law. Principle VI defines war crimes to include the wanton destruction of cities, towns, or villages, or devastation not justified by military necessity.

4. The United Nations Charter (1945)
The UN Charter provides the legal authority for the UN and its bodies to investigate violations of the laws of war, including the targeting of critical civilian infrastructure like power grids or water systems.

5. International Humanitarian Law (IHL) also known as the Law of Armed Conflict.
Parties to a conflict shall at all times distinguish between enemy combatants and protected persons. Attacks shall be directed solely against legitimate military targets. The principles of distinction, necessity and proportionality are established principles in international humanitarian law.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

The Muslims didn't have any qualms about flying into skyscrapers

 

[eagle1462010]

Those that apply too many ROEs have crippled themselves from winning a War.

That has been lost since WWII

 

[M14 Shooter]

These International Laws/Accords protect critical infrastructure from indiscriminate targeting and/or destruction:

And so, targeted destruction, as a means to advance the war effort, are perfectly legal,

You, know. like the allied bombings of bridges and rail hubs / marshaling yards all across western France in the months leading up to the invasion in Normandy - perfectly legit.

 

[Churchill]

Get some books?

All I have to do is look at the regimes around the world like North Korea who starve their citizens so badly, that the average North Korean is like 3 feet shorter than South Koreans due to malnutrition, along with the myriad of never ending genocides around the world that the media and UN seem to ignore like the one in the Sudan like I mentioned.

Sorry, the whole facade of the UN treating all the countries with equal skepticism and equality are over as they spend all their waking hours writing resolutions against Israel while ignoring the rest of the world, and when Israel is at war to defend themselves Legacy media and the international community insists that they are also engaged in genocide themselves while fighting that war is over.

The UN doesn't "treat" other countries, other countries collectively and democratically make decisions.

Any reasonable human being who was not an antisemite can see what is going on here.

Yes, 99.999% of the human race want to see Jews killed - I get it, I get your conspiracy fantasy, it's ridiculous and desparate.

I mean really, when have colleges around the US and Europe and gay pride groups protested any genocide around the world, but insist on protesting Israel, while shouting from the river to the sea, which is essentially a call of genocide for the Jews of Israel?

So its wrong now to protest against genocide? You'd have done well in the SS eighty years ago.

Simply asinine

Why not visit the place, you'd fit right in, the place is demomic, anyone who claism to be a Christian yet approves and supports this demonic force is a fool, a completely delusional fool.

This woman visited there in 2016, ten years ago, take a look:

 

[Concerned American]

Indeed, James Michener wrote a novel about the mission to destroy the bridges at Toko-Ri during the Korean War.

 

[Lesh]

As I've said often, there was at least one WMD found in Iraq, out in plan sight.
It was an environmental WMD and it was the Southern Marshlands/Coastal Marshes which had water flow to them blocked, which dried them up. Caused an environmental destruction in harm to the flora and fauna.
Interestingly, most people would rather ignore that, especially the Left who are always hand wringing about the environment.

Any chance of putting that on a missile??

 

[Lesh]

The Muslims didn't have any qualms about flying into skyscrapers

Which has nothing to with this