• Vqhm@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Unfortunately based on the rules of was the medical staff do not have to cooperate, or even be aware, simply storing weapons, or a command center, or staging armed soldiers for war next to a hospital removes the protections.

      The rules of war aren’t about making things perfect, they’re very much a do not let perfect be the enemy of good and filled with compromises.

      If you want protections for medical staff you have to clear a section of ground for them that isn’t used for war.

      I didn’t make these rules. These rules were agreed to in order to try to prevent total war. Where carpet bombs flattened entire cities like what happened in Dresden.