Ben Shapiro

You need to take incoming fire.

just incessantly and do nothing about it.

Or you can say you violated the rules and now you will pay.

And if there's collateral damage, the collateral damage is tragic.

It's on you since you're the one who's putting the kids in front of you.

And you have to show that it is stupid for them to hide behind kids.

Otherwise, they'll keep hiding behind kids.

Put aside the civilian casualty example.

Think about being in uniform.

So one of the rules of the Geneva Conventions is that they apply to people who are in uniform.

Why?

Well, we want to be able to distinguish soldiers from people who are civilians.

If you wear a uniform, we know you're a soldier.

If you're not wearing a uniform, we assume you're a civilian.

So what do evil people do?

They immediately take off the uniform and they hide as civilians because then they feel like they are immune to us doing anything.

And so if the rule is that when we capture a terrorist wearing civilian garb and we treat them the same as a soldier, we have created an incentive for them to continue cheating because they are safer hiding as a civilian than dressing as a soldier.

What you actually should do with terrorists who dress up as civilians and don't get into uniform is say the Geneva Conventions do not apply to them.

If they want the privileges of the Geneva Convention, they must abide by the rules.

This is the problem.