You know, sometimes I think DrBashir makes it a point to ignore the points others bring up, that refute what he says in detail. Or at least, twist them into straw men.
Sir...I directly addressed the "war crime/war atrocity" thing in my Brilliantly Impassioned Monologue, last page. Read it, address it--quote it, and address what I say. Otherwise, your endless repetitions of "War crimes! War crimes!" comes across as denial.
And of course, the "bombing a hospital" thing is a straw man. No one proposes that--no one would. Even pushing morality aside--doing so would create an incident.
Shooting an unconscious guard so that no one will be informed of your activities prevents an incident.
Ugly? Absolutely. Disturbing? Most definitely. Stretching the boundaries of conscience? Dang right.
Necessary? You bet it was.
Again--look at Kira, and what she had had to do to fight the Occupation. By your arguments, she should be sent to a penal colony--or to death row.
Ah Rush, here's what you said.
As far as I'm concerned, there is no such thing as "war atrocities". War itself is the atrocity. It's an ugly, hideous thing--but when you have to fight it, you have to do what is necessary to win, and to win it as quickly as possible, so as to end said atrocity as quickly as possible.
So, there is no such thing as a war atrocity. If the point is to end a war as quickly as possible then why wouldn't you bomb hospitals? They're full of solders. The doctors are working to get them back into fighting shape so they can continue the war. Won't the war be shortened if the wounded are not allowed to heal? Denying medical treatment to the other sides solders would help depreciate their fighting force. Also, killing the doctors would make things even better for your side. You're the one that indirectly brought up bombing hospitals with your denial of the very concept of war crimes.
Those are questions you should ask Kira Nerys. Recall "The Darkness And The Light".
I would say...an enemy bombing a hospital is an incentive for you to keep fighting, out of angry motivation. Thus, bombing a hospital is
not an effective means to shorten a war.
The guard? He was one man. As far as everyone else is concerned, he was killed while conscious.
If war is the atrocity then is everyone who takes part in it giulty of war crimes? Or are they innocent since such a thing doesn't exist?
They are innocent if their intent is to
end the war as quickly as possible.
Terrorists want to prolong carnage, so as to...
terrorize the opposition, and draw out the casualties.
If Julian had brutally raped a woman he found on the station, would it make it OK if she died when the station was destroyed later? After all, she's dead. What does it matter what happened before the station was destroyed?
Excuse me? Would you mind explaining to me, exactly,
how such actions would provide a tactical advantage in a war?
Once again, a straw man.
I guess the whole `Let`s not start an incident` went out the window when Ezri took the ship right to the station. If they really didn`t want to start an incident then Bashir & Sarina should have been considered expenible with orders to make sure their bodies couldn`t be identified if they couldn`t get out of Breen space on their own.
Excuse me...but were Bashir and Sarina to be
captured...exactly
what do you think the Breen would do?
I'll tell you: two things.
1. Glean them all they're worth for information.
2. Use them--or at least their bodies--as proof of Federation activities.
Expendable? Hardly. Ezri knew all too well that the two
had to get out of there--dead or alive.
It would have been hilarious if the Breen had captured the Aventine, giving them a full working slipstream ship. Brilliant strategy that, sending the very thing the Breen are hoping to develop right into their lap.
Assuming, of course, the
Aventine does not have an auto-destruct sequence. Were all other options to be exhausted...she would probably destroy the ship--and with it, the station, and all evidence of what had happened there.
