The Laws of War, US-Style

Ulhas Joglekar uvj at vsnl.com
Tue Feb 18 05:25:27 PST 2003


LRB | Vol. 25 No. 4 dated 20 February 2003

The Laws of War, US-Style

Michael Byers: No Way to Fight a War

"When civilians are present, international humanitarian law requires belligerents to use weapons that can distinguish between civilians and combatants; they should therefore use the most accurate weapons available to them. In yet another instance of political and financial cost-benefit analyses intruding into international humanitarian law, the US argues that this imposes an unfair burden on it, given the substantial costs involved in producing smart bombs."

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v25/n04/byer01_.html



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