Iraqi militia captures ISIS militant, asks Instagram to decide his fate - Polidicks

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Fuck no I would not cast a vote.

Strap him to a chair and make him watch Boku No Pico and Monster Musume 24/7

Apparently this is the second vote [t]https://www.funker530.com/wp-content/uploads/instagram1.jpg[/t]

It's a sham obviously. They'll kill their captives regardless - what do they have to gain from letting them go? Not that the majority would ever vote to release them anyway.

[QUOTE=Rocâ„¢;50022423]Strap him to a chair and make him watch Boku No Pico and Monster Musume 24/7[/QUOTE] Calm down, Satan.

let him go? ye- no

[QUOTE=Rocâ„¢;50022423]Strap him to a chair and make him watch Boku No Pico and Monster Musume 24/7[/QUOTE] Come on, man. What's wrong with some snake tiddies?

Hope they kill him honestly (as morbid as that sounds)

glad to see some well-adjusted fellow suggesting good old [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_torture"]rat torture[/URL]

People are disgusting.

Not sure what to think, on one hand, I don't give a shit, and on the other one, might as well keep him prisoner.

I'd vote imprison, but that's not a choice.

Stooping to the level of the enemy doesn't end well. Keep him prisoner and have him tried for war crimes.

[QUOTE=Occlusion;50022887]Stooping to the level of the enemy doesn't end well. Keep him prisoner and have him tried for war crimes.[/QUOTE] He's long dead.

[QUOTE=thelurker1234;50022852]I'd vote imprison, but that's not a choice.[/QUOTE] Turn him over to the Iraqi government, let them deal with him.

[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;50022800]People are disgusting.[/QUOTE] Out of curiosity, who are you referring to?

Just kill him. The matter will be done with when he's dead and buried and rotting.

[QUOTE=srobins;50022992]Out of curiosity, who are you referring to?[/QUOTE] The captors. Killing prisoners of war is a war crime. I don't believe that this is real honestly, but it shows the type of attitude that these soldiers have going into the fight. However, when your army is all volunteers, it's hard to want to see a prisoner as human and not want to execute him; in ww2 you could make the argument that the combatants were just average germans who were doing their duty, but you can't make the same argument for ISIS. It's hard to think that if you keep them prisoner for the duration of the war, that they'd just go home and not be a terrorist. Though I think you could, by default, charge every single ISIS member with a war crime considering nobody acknowledges them as a legitimate state and we can simply call them all terrorists. I do hope, however, that a culture of Iraqi patriotism builds in which more Iraqi security forces see themselves as defending their home or their families from an invader/terrorist group

[QUOTE=proboardslol;50023093]The captors. Killing prisoners of war is a war crime. I don't believe that this is real honestly, but it shows the type of attitude that these soldiers have going into the fight. However, when your army is all volunteers, it's hard to want to see a prisoner as human and not want to execute him; in ww2 you could make the argument that the combatants were just average germans who were doing their duty, but you can't make the same argument for ISIS. It's hard to think that if you keep them prisoner for the duration of the war, that they'd just go home and not be a terrorist. Though I think you could, by default, charge every single ISIS member with a war crime considering nobody acknowledges them as a legitimate state and we can simply call them all terrorists. I do hope, however, that a culture of Iraqi patriotism builds in which more Iraqi security forces see themselves as defending their home or their families from an invader/terrorist group[/QUOTE] If it's in reference to the captors I don't know that I'd be so quick to call them disgusting. I mean, I get it, it's a war crime and it's against the arbitrary rules the big boys have decided that the human race should be playing by and any civilized army should hold themselves to a higher standard than this.. But this is a militia of volunteer Iraqis who are fighting against an ideological terror state that is genociding, enslaving, torturing and all around decimating the entire region in which they live. Their lack of compassion is pretty easy to sympathize with, at least in my mind. It doesn't make what they're doing "okay", but I think instant condemnation is.. I don't know, it's just too easy to sit at a desk and criticize them for not playing by the books as they struggle to defend their way of life in the most literal and immediate sense.

With how most insurgents the United States captured in Iraq in the post-invasion insurgency just went back to being insurgents after they were let go from prison. I'm really unsure of what the best solution would be for dealing with them. Arresting them is the morally right thing to do, but at the same time it's almost inevitable they'll go straight back to being radical terrorist as soon as they leave whatever hole with bars they are put into.

Criticizing the killing of POW's also implies there's some sort of composed and formalized war taking place here, which, as far as I can tell, there isn't. It's not like the president of ISIS is just going to give up at some point and say "Oh! We give up! The war is over, give us our prisoners back!". You're just going to be holding on to radical militants and feeding them until you can either arrange a prisoner exchange or your men are wiped out and the prisoner is freed. What is the end-game here? Keep them for a month to teach them a lesson in humility and hope when you unshackle them they don't come back with friends?

The only thing I'm afraid of is that, by executing POWs and thinking it's acceptable to fight fire with fire, we will have to deal with more extreme people who only want drastic measures

lol what happened to the rule of law

[QUOTE=Johnny Guitar;50023280]lol what happened to the rule of law[/QUOTE] The Middle East. I mean at this point calling something a "War Crime" in that area is a laughable joke. No one follows International Law little lone the Constitution of their country.

[QUOTE=proboardslol;50023093]The captors. Killing prisoners of war is a war crime. I don't believe that this is real honestly, but it shows the type of attitude that these soldiers have going into the fight. However, when your army is all volunteers, it's hard to want to see a prisoner as human and not want to execute him; in ww2 you could make the argument that the combatants were just average germans who were doing their duty, but you can't make the same argument for ISIS. It's hard to think that if you keep them prisoner for the duration of the war, that they'd just go home and not be a terrorist. Though I think you could, by default, charge every single ISIS member with a war crime considering nobody acknowledges them as a legitimate state and we can simply call them all terrorists. I do hope, however, that a culture of Iraqi patriotism builds in which more Iraqi security forces see themselves as defending their home or their families from an invader/terrorist group[/QUOTE] Glad to see Facepunch is still full of delusional people still talking about war crimes when dealing with terrorists. Anyone that joins ISIS deserves absolutely no mercy, they joined them knowing fully well what kind of shit ISIS does, that meaning they would too do all kinds of war crimes typical to ISIS.

Send him to Detroit

[QUOTE=proboardslol;50023093]The captors. Killing prisoners of war is a war crime. I don't believe that this is real honestly, but it shows the type of attitude that these soldiers have going into the fight. However, when your army is all volunteers, it's hard to want to see a prisoner as human and not want to execute him; in ww2 you could make the argument that the combatants were just average germans who were doing their duty, but you can't make the same argument for ISIS. It's hard to think that if you keep them prisoner for the duration of the war, that they'd just go home and not be a terrorist. Though I think you could, by default, charge every single ISIS member with a war crime considering nobody acknowledges them as a legitimate state and we can simply call them all terrorists. I do hope, however, that a culture of Iraqi patriotism builds in which more Iraqi security forces see themselves as defending their home or their families from an invader/terrorist group[/QUOTE] This isn't even a war, a war is a conflict between two countries. ISIS is not a country, so your so called "prisoners of war" rules doesn't apply here. We can do whatever we like to them.

put him on a diet

great way to illustrate how hypocritical people can be when they call ISIS savages