Insurgency in Fallujah
Why are Americans the only people who attempt to follow international rules of combat? Of course it has everything to do with the asymetric (read American superiority) of the battle, but still. From WW1 on, America and the “good guys” have always treated hostages far better than the Japanese, Germans, Vietnamese, Iraqis, etc. ever do. Slate’s Today’s Papers provides the case in point:
American Humvees broadcast messages yesterday guaranteeing that insurgents who surrender will not be harmed, a mosque blared a caustic reply: “We ask the American soldiers to surrender and we guarantee that we will kill and torture them.”