On 14 May 2004 16:40:07 EDT, Tim Daneliuk
wrote:

Agkistrodon wrote:

SNIP

1) Non-uniformed combatants are not granted the same level of protection
as are uniformed soldiers under international law. We have a far lower
standard to meet when dealing with such people.

2) The proactive interdiction by military means against nations that we
presume will harm us has a long and studied history in the US. For
instance, when Japan attacked us in WWII, we declared war on them AND
Germany (which to that point had done very little to us) on the
assumption that they were allies and that Germany meant us (and our
allies) harm.


This is not quite true. Here is the Declaration of War on Japan:

SNIP

Well, OK. Technically, we were in a state of war w/Germany, but they
had not actually done anything to us (as of the moment of our declaration
of war).



umm.... how many american ships did germany sink prior to that point?