- You must follow the laws of war. You must wear markings to identify you as fighters. No matter the enemy’s tactics, you must follow the laws of war to include handling of captured enemy fighters.
The victor decides what those laws were, and the victor usually decides that only the other side has broken them.
Laws of war... Tell you what. You show up in my backyard, and I catch you, some really fucked up things are going to happen to you. You want to invade my space? Be prepared for the possibility of the horrible consequences.
There's a reason why he mentions that point and I don't think it's for morale reasons, there must be another reason. It's not a survivalist manual but rather some manual destined to regime change "rebels" against a regular army it seems, or some shit like that, like NATO allies, as in ukrainian civilians/fighters
This manual is intended for american and european audiences, there's a similar one for asians (taiwan) https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/taiwan-gives-citizens-survival-handbook-case-chinese-invasion?commentId=429db7de-cd69-436f-a6b2-b7556fe6b11c
Those are recent publications
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