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I am confused at how you can assume that there is an age limit on intent and action.
Easy - our culture treats those under the age of majority, variously 18 or 21, are legally incompetent and their legal guardian is responsible for their actions.
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What are the age limits for being allowed to volunteer to shoot US soldiers for the insurgent factions within Iraq?
Self defence has no age limit.
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I believe many of our soldiers misconstrued the innocence of the children in Vietnam much to their regret.
Or alternately, in Vietnam as in Iraq, treating the whole population as suspects tends to convince them that you are their oppressors, not their liberators.
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Precisely what are the "rights" of Prisoners of War as stated in the Geneva Convention?
Loosely speaking, to be imprisoned without undue distress, to be expected only to answer questions regarding their name, rank and serial number, and to be provided with medical care, access to the Red Cross or similar organs, and letters.