soc.history.war.world-war-ii

"rhino" wrote:
> Surely there is a
> difference between, for example, a lone gunmen deliberately seeking out
> Roosevelt and shooting him down at the behest of a foreign government, and
> the death under artillery fire of a general who just happened to be in the
> wrong place at the wrong time.

What about snipers?

They can see their targets and deliberately aim for officers and
specialists while normally letting the common soldiers alone.

What's the difference between "shooting [an officer] down at the
behest of a foreign government" and "shooting [a head of state] down
at the behest of a foreign government"? I'm not sure that the latter
would be considered a civilian by the Geneva convention given his role
as commander in chief.


LC