Re:For Humanity’s Sake, Keep Red Crosses on Medevac Helicopters
by oneoff786 on Sunday February 13, 2022 @01:00PM
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Is the recommendation to replace the cross with machine guns figurative or literal? It doesn’t seem obvious why the cross needs to go if the gun is added?
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Re:For Humanity’s Sake, Keep Red Crosses on Medevac Helicopters
by p_l on Sunday February 13, 2022 @01:04PM
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It needs to go if the vehicle becomes a combatant vehicle. The crew using personal weapons in self defence doesn't count, but medevac helicopter equipped with weapons to lay down support in hot landing zone is no longer a vehicle that can claim protection of red cross/red crescent, but a valid target for fire.
Re:For Humanity’s Sake, Keep Red Crosses on Medevac Helicopters
by rafael09ed on Sunday February 13, 2022 @01:10PM
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It's literal. The red cross is supposed to mean that it's humanitarian, neutral and carries no weapons.
Re:For Humanity’s Sake, Keep Red Crosses on Medevac Helicopters
by randyrand on Sunday February 13, 2022 @02:51PM
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You don't see them medevac-ing the enemies, so they are not neutral.
A big reason for medevac is to free soilders from caring for the wounded, so they can continue firing weapons at you.
Neutral seems like a crazy idea to me. It's a critical part of the offense.
Re:For Humanity’s Sake, Keep Red Crosses on Medevac Helicopters
by pigbearpig on Sunday February 13, 2022 @03:30PM
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Do you see a lot of medevacs?
The Geneva convention basically states that whomever the injured is in the care of is charged with giving them adequate care. If that care requires medevac it's going to happen.
The protections accorded the wounded and sick apply to friend and foe alike without distinction
https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/ARN31133-FM_4-0...
https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/docs/v2_rul...