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Are the Geneva convention and the rules of conflict outdated?
May 7 2009, Michael Davison

Just as most militaries plan for the next war according to the lessons learned from the last one, so do international lawmakers define the rules for the next conflict according to the crimes, real and perceived, of the last one.

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