Originally Posted by
SASless
Racedo,
I believe a short ramble through British (or is it English....I get confused on the semantics of it all) History might remind you who we learned all that from and more.
Capturing a Terrorist or Non-Uniformed Combatant on the battlefield does differ a bit from a crew of mariners going about their daily business I should think.....don't you agree?
George Washington was a Non Uniformed Combatant for many a year.
Stopping oil going to Syria so it can continue to destroy IS/Al Aaeda with a crew of mariners comes along as the height of stupidity. Then again US Foreign Policy in Middle East is along those lines.
As for learning from the Brits, but like getting Ray Charles to provide driving lessons to Stevie Wonder and then wonder why are at the bottom of the cliff.
Its the Wilberforce worked to abolish Slavery, while many fellow Brits were making millions from type of hypocrisy.