02-12-2010, 06:26 PM
David Guyatt Wrote:Carsten Wiethoff Wrote:Blackwater does not intend to take any pirates into
custody, but will use lethal force against pirates if necessary; it
is developing an SOP that is currently under legal review and will
be shared with the USG.
Silly me for thinking that extra-judicial killing was internationally illegal...
Precisely the quote that caught my eye.
I wonder who defines when it's "necessary" for Blackwater mercenaries to use lethal force?
Also, what happens if Blackwater seriously wounds a pirate without killing him? Do the dogs of war have to finish him off, as their contract permits lethal force but no taking of prisoners?
"It means this War was never political at all, the politics was all theatre, all just to keep the people distracted...."
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war

