Bubba and friends would love to do it stone-cold sober.
I think the Geneva convention was started when Americans began joining European wars. I vaguely recall the Germans complaining about American shotguns, wanting them banned.
Anglo-Saxons (the seed of American stock) are a walking nightmare. Look through the history books, and you'll see Anglo-Saxons really, really don't care a LOT about their enemies, so much so that we don't mind a good genocide or two before tea.
Strictly speaking. There were quite a few formal attempts to “Regulate Warfare” before Geneva. None of them really stuck all that well. Ironically the informal Codes of Honor, Chivalry, and behavior that have sprung up and faded over the years. Seem to have been the more effective methods we’ve had in restraining baser instincts in war.
The Geneva Suggestion has only stuck around as long as it has because we’re “Cultured” now. Or at least publicly. Privately. No one has seen the purpose or reason to drop the pretense of following it. That and it makes a Convenient talking point to bludgeon both domestic and geopolitical rivals.
Bubba and friends would love to do it stone-cold sober.
I think the Geneva convention was started when Americans began joining European wars. I vaguely recall the Germans complaining about American shotguns, wanting them banned.
Anglo-Saxons (the seed of American stock) are a walking nightmare. Look through the history books, and you'll see Anglo-Saxons really, really don't care a LOT about their enemies, so much so that we don't mind a good genocide or two before tea.
Kiplings Poem about a Norman lords advice to his son.
Strictly speaking. There were quite a few formal attempts to “Regulate Warfare” before Geneva. None of them really stuck all that well. Ironically the informal Codes of Honor, Chivalry, and behavior that have sprung up and faded over the years. Seem to have been the more effective methods we’ve had in restraining baser instincts in war.
The Geneva Suggestion has only stuck around as long as it has because we’re “Cultured” now. Or at least publicly. Privately. No one has seen the purpose or reason to drop the pretense of following it. That and it makes a Convenient talking point to bludgeon both domestic and geopolitical rivals.