In a seemingly barbaric age, faith in the laws of war are dangerously slipping, Red Cross survey finds
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Subject: In a seemingly barbaric age, faith in the laws of war are dangerously slipping, Red Cross survey finds Mon Dec 05, 2016 6:50 pm
It is easy to think that war-fighting is deteriorating into barbarism. The Islamic State's campaign of terror, Boko Haram's sexual violence and use of child bombers, the razing of Aleppo are all playing out in horrific immediacy on social media.
Now the largest-ever survey on attitudes to war reveals a tougher, more cynical public view on how fighting is done, including the statistic that nearly one quarter of Australians think torturing enemy soldiers is justifiable.