Quote Originally Posted by Tribesman
Say for example a terrorist group does a cross border raid and kills 8 soldiers , is the country whose soldiers they were right to start shelling the terrorists positions even if they are in civilian areas ?
To complicate things slightly the terrorists also do another raid on a different country and kill 15 police , is that country also right to start shelling , and furthermore to cross the border to fight the terrorists ?
Now for the fun , is it the country whose territory the terrorists are based in fault for not controling all of its territory and disarming the terrorists or is it the fault of other forces in the territory who went in to get rid of terrorism and stop threats to the neighbours but havn't ?


So take your positions on who is right or wrong .
Or guess which countries they are (if you want to be biased depending on who is involved) .
I would provide a link to this "made up" scenario (and may do in a while ) , but I am interested in seeing if people justify or condemn actions that they have recently justified or condemned involving other countries .
Based on this example and not on current goings on.

If I ruled either country whose soldiers had been killed I would first make a formal diplomatic complaint to the country sheltering, either voluntarily or not, the terrorists. If it happened again I would use any measures I saw necessary to protect my citizens up to and including shelling, air strikes and invasion but preferably assisting the country to solve their own problems.

If I ruled the country with the terrorists it is far more complicated, I would only permit it if I supported their cause and methods or was trying to instigate a war with the target country. Of course it may be that the country isn't able to do anything about the terrorists in which case I would negotiate with a trusted ally for assistance, maybe not a neighbouring country but rather one you could trust to leave once the problem was sorted.