Rules of Engagement?
Author | : Stjepan Mestrovic |
Publisher | : Algora Publishing |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2008 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780875866734 |
ISBN-13 | : 0875866735 |
Rating | : 4/5 (735 Downloads) |
Download or read book Rules of Engagement? written by Stjepan Mestrovic and published by Algora Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blackwater, Abu Ghraib and other scandals in Iraq were presaged by the murderous Operation Iron Triangle in May 2006 when US soldiers were ordered to kill all Iraqis of military age. The soldiers were imprisoned; the officer was merely reprimanded. Mestrovic details the American leadership's fake commitment to the Geneva Conventions and the rule of law, fake due process for defendants, fake goals of promoting democracy, and compulsion to repeat our errors in Vietnam. The Blackwater scandal involved killing unarmed Iraqis in accordance with "rules of engagement" that were apparently similar to the case analyzed in these pages.