Failed plot to kill al-Sadr

[Ser Clegane]

When your enemy considers it his duty to kill you, under the guise of his gods will you cannot deal in absolutes. Im not suggesting we shoot those who wae the white flag in all cases but in a particular case when the person who is doing the waving is dedicated to your death, presently and in the future, you must question the pretext of his surrender.

I'd have to disagree - firstly, the while flag does not necessarily mean "surrender" but is also a sign that you want to parley. If you are completely convinced that the person who waves the white flag to parley ist dedicated to your death - even in the future - then this would mean that any parley is useless, so you should simply not accept any negotiations in the first place.

To accept a meeting, and to ignore the white flag in order to kill the person who carries it, basically destroys (or at least significantly hurts) your credibility for all future negotiations - even in completely different conflicts.

Shooting people with a white flag, regardless whether it is a sign of surrender or to parley, falls IMHO into the same category as dressing up as Red Cross people to conduct a military operation (unless of course it is obvious that those who carry the white flag abuse it themselves to "camouflage" an attack).