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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (133156)	4/16/2017 4:00:21 PM
From: louel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217818

You may find the answer here why there could be no attack at the celebration in NK. There are numerous other rules that must be taken into consideration, NK is not actively at war with the US. So to specifically target Kim for assassination is murder of a foreign dignitary that has threatened to, But as a Nation has not actually committed a crime against the US. Basically it would be tantamount to a war Crime. Where as ISIS members have. They and their organization have may be targeted. The US has stated it is at war with the Jihadist regime. Murder and Willful Killings In all situations of armed conflict, the deliberate killing of civilians is a war crime. Common Article 3 of the 1949 Geneva Conventions prohibits "violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment, and torture" when perpetrated against persons "taking no active part in the hostilities." As noted, Israel has ratified the 1949 Geneva Conventions. The obligation contained in Common Article 3 is absolute. It applies regardless of whether a party to the conflict is a state. 122 Serious violations of Common Article 3 are increasingly considered to be war crimes, and have been defined as such in the statutes of the International Criminal Court, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. 123 Willful killing, that is, intentionally causing the death of civilians, and "willfully causing great suffering or serious injury" when wounding victims, are war crimes. 124 Persons who commit, order, or condone war crimes are individually liable under international humanitarian law for their crimes. Who is a Civilian? Another justification put forward by the perpetrators of attacks against civilians is that the individuals targeted are somehow not entitled to civilian status. As discussed earlier, the distinction between civilians and combatants is fundamental to the protections of international humanitarian law. Under IHL, anyone who is not a combatant is considered a civilian. 138 Reserve or off-duty soldiers are considered civilians unless they take part directly in hostilities, or become subject to military command. Civilians lose their civilian protection if they directly participate in armed hostilities, but only during the period of that participation; they regain civilian status once they are no longer directly engaged in hostilities.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (133156)	4/16/2017 6:34:43 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217818

It's fairly simple. NK has a moribund economy that cannot sustain its conventional forces. They need to be clothed, armed, fed, etc. at great expense. Most of their conventional weapons are obsolete. Kim Young One has realized what his father knew: conventional weapons are too costly for a bankrupt state like NK. But he also knows that nukes are very cost efficient, and effective in deterring attacks. He has also witnessed what happens to tyrants, such as Saddam and Qaddafi, who don't have WMDs but somehow get cross-wise with the US. It's curtains for them. In order to stay in power, Kim Young One needs nukes. I doubt that he intends to use them, but once he has ICBMs tipped with nuke warheads, the game changes. The possibility that he might use them cannot be allowed, come what may. Think Germany 1937. He has to go now before he can realistically threaten the Continental US or Hawaii.