Behind Eddie Gallagher's Court Martial Is a Much Larger Issue: The 2008 No-Prisoners Policy

Behind Eddie Gallagher's Court Martial Is a Much Larger Issue: The 2008 No-Prisoners Policy

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I had not been aware of this enormous change in the self-imposed rules of warfare. And I have to say it boggles my mind, we could not have fought in any war ever in our past with this kind of situation imposed on the military. OK, can there be abuses of prisoners taken in war? That's another "Duhh" moment, no s***, Sherlock, what else is new? Let's just refer to the systemic mistreatment and torture of our men in Hanoi for starters. Can that happen even with our own military? Sure, we know very well that it has at times. We also know that our own police occasionally deviate from the purity of the ideals in our laws. Newsflash- anything involving human beings in any number will inevitably bring on some abuses. But to hamstring the military with this kind of ruling does in fact make it simple. No prisoners. And that's a really bad practice in more ways than one. --Del