Take no Russian prisoners.

[lpbk2713]

After reading what Russian soldiers (and their mercs) do to Ukrainian civilian men, women (all ages) and children I would not want to think I let a bloodthirsty rapist slip through my hands.

[Make7]

1. What should be done if they surrender? ( n/t )

[yagotme]

2. (Hands held up) "Nicht schiessen! Nicht schiessen!"

BANG!
"What does nicht schiessen mean?"
"Look Ma; I washed for supper."

[onecaliberal]

5. The same thing that was done to the women and children they executed standing in a bread line

They’re raping babies.

[The Magistrate]

3. People Do Stop Surrendering Then, Sir

You want them willing to put up their hands and live, it's far less trouble.

[Celerity]

12. Agreed, Sir.

Some of the posts here are just not well thought out.

[The Magistrate]

13. You Evince A Talent For Understatement, Ma'am....

To be fair, I don't suppose many here ever have supported a war before. It's a heady thing to do.

[Sherman A1]

4. I believe that will be up to the Ukrainian forces

to decide. One treats POWs well with a expectation that your captured forces will be treated equally.

[Crunchy Frog]

9. We already know how the orcs treat captured forces.

The only reason to treat them well is to incentivize surrender.

[Sherman A1]

21. It remains a decision for the Ukrainian forces

And not those on an internet discussion board thousands of miles away.

[Crunchy Frog]

30. Am I making decisions for the Ukrainian forces here? Are any of us even capable of it?

Do you understand what expressing an opinion is?

[Sherman A1]

31. You are expressing an opinion

so am I

To quote......"Do you understand what expressing an opinion is?"

[Crunchy Frog]

32. I'm going to utilize the ignore function now. Probably best for both of us at this point.

This discussion being the epitome of pointlessness.

[Sherman A1]

33. Please do

[former9thward]

6. It would be a war crime.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

7. IMO, you accept their surrender...

And treat them humanely. But you also interview them and take statements. If there are credible reports of soldiers who committed atrocities those reports should be investigated further, and punishments of varying severity laid out against what crimes had been shown to have been committed, up to and including execution.

[Wounded Bear]

8. Bad strategy. Escalating only leads to more atrocities...nt

[Hekate]

10. The difference between us & the barbarian hordes is supposed to be that we follow the laws...

…and the barbarian hordes do not.

Yes, war actually has laws, like no rape and no torture. So, when Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld decided waterboarding and Abu Ghraig and such were just peachy keen with them, a lot of Americans were shocked to the core, because we thought we were better than that.

So, no to what you said. Follow the law, even if the monsters do not. Capture, imprison humanely with food and water, and put the bastards on trial.

[Celerity]

11. So now we are advocating we commit war crimes too?

[old as dirt]

23. I sent an alert.

There was no option mentioning International Law, so I clicked on US Law, instead.

I could have clicked on Group Attacks as well, I suppose, but (on my old android device, anyway) I had to choose one.

I'll be curious to see what the verdict is.



It shouldn't be that hard for folks to find Russians.

Hell, I've been retired for some time now, but I bet I could find a couple on the faculty list of the math department right here at the university.

[867-5309.]

28. ??? I disagree with the OP, but I think it was in reference to Russian soldiers in Ukraine n/t

[old as dirt]

29. Some 4 decades ago, ...

…I could hear the shouts of “USA!” and “Iranians go home!” every day outside from my 4th floor office window in the math department.

One day, a friend, who had married an Iranian student and converted to Islam, stepped into an elevator in the university dorms. Five white guys got on after her, and by the time the elevator door opened, her face was covered with cuts and bruises, and she had several broken ribs.

Threads like this are dangerous for our friends, our families, and our neighbors.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

14. lol this fuckin place

[sarisataka]

15. Such a small step

To decide to be a war criminal. And this from the comfort of your home...

[48656c6c6f20]

16. Encouragement and cheering for war crimes. How fucking dare you?

I have been very vocal in support more involvement in Ukraine. But dear God I hope none of you future war criminals ever serve or have served. Disgraceful and beyond contempt.

[MerryBlooms]

17. Ukrainians are not blood thirsty inhumane monsters.

[EX500rider]

18. Bad idea, you want them all to surrender & killing them makes them not nt

[867-5309.]

27. Is that the only reason not to do it? n/t

[EX500rider]

34. No, it's also a war crime & against the Geneva Convention. nt

[vercetti2021]

19. I'm in the minority here

But I agree. No prisoners for monsters. Shallow grave for rapists

[LudwigPastorius]

20. We have failed at times, in the past, but...

we are supposed to be better than summary executions on the battlefield.

War is hell, but most of the people who died fighting under the flag of the United States did so believing that we stand for civilization over barbarity, and the rule of law over inhuman atrocity.

Our allies should be held to the same standards.

[greenjar_01]

24. What the fuck?

What is this board turning into?

Jesus.

[ripcord]

25. I'm not sure what the rush is to be like Russia

But it doesn't seem to be a good idea.

[867-5309.]

26. That's a pretty broad brush you've got there n/t

[Crunchy Frog]

35. IMO the reason that you take prisoners and treat them humanely is to incentivize surrender.

Otherwise you encourage them to fight to the death. It's, IMO, the best policy just from a pragmatic standpoint, and leaving out the moral dimension.

At the same time I find the feelings expressed by many here to be understandable. Many of us are dealing with feelings of rage with no real outlet, and sounding off on a discussion board helps for many, I'm sure.