I forgive Nick Chapman for reverting to the cliché of 'First, do no harm'. I could hardly criticise, having used the one about 'all it takes for evil to prevail is that good men stay silent' in my original post.
I thank Nick for his comments. I would never argue that there are no rules in a knife fight. I do understand the UN conventions and the observance of those rules is basic to everything I did in Iraq, as I explain in great detail in my book.
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