What Does 'at War' Entail?

[flobadob]

The French President has declared France is at war with ISIS. What exactly does this mea, do the rules of war come into effect? Can a French citizen now engage in war with an ISIS terroris?

[Old_Geezer]

It gives them rights I suppose.

Daesh don't actually run a country or have a government so strictly speaking I don't see how it can be classed as a war. No capital to advance on, no obvious individual to sign any surrender. I guess the French are believing that Daesh would form a government on the land they grab given a chance.

It's all very weird when a country declares war on a non-country.

[RetroChic2]

leesen very car-fully -i will sey this honly wunce....

[ichkeria]

It is all handy way of getting across to Joe/Josephine Publique that the government is serious about the threat, in language he/she understands

[Togo]

We will fight them on the beaches, etc. etc. We will never surrender.

[Togo]

A bit like this perhaps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLbYL10c1zo

[douglas9401]

I suppose one of the first things it'll mean is the reclaiming of the French fry.

[Just-Jude]

It means that innocent refugees will now be attacked and beaten up by the police, army and right wing racists.

[Togo]

Or rabid thugs will be eliminated before they kill innocent bystanders.

[youngmafbog]

And the lefty apologists are out name calling i see.

[Togo]

Certainly not db, my reply was to Jude. I fully endorse the idea of dusting the flour off our hands and picking up the tools to fight back.

[sp1814]

Seriously.

Do you really not see any irony in what you wrote:

And the lefty apologists are out name calling i see.

Anything at all?

[sp1814]

flobadob

The war on ISIS?

Not sure what Hollande means here.

It looks like another bunch of words...like the War On Terror (which so many gullible people got behind, forgetting that it's impossible to engage in a war with an abstract concept).

The problem with the war with ISIS is that ISIS isn't a country.

ISIS does not have a formal leadership structure which can surrender to the West.

ISIS is an ideology.

It's formed from autonomous cells.

You may as well declare a war on fog or the colour orange.

People want to hear that their leaders are going to take action. My money says that they are as clueless as the rest of us.

[Zacs-Master]

Careful sp logic like that tends to bring out the Mouth Foamers.

[Peter Pedant]

I think it is a figure of speech

[ I mean he has to say something - there is a lot of death around ]

oops I hve just heard his Holiness say we are at war ( so it must be true )

[Khandro]

This clown Hollande says, Isis is murdering our citizens daily in France, so we should increase our attack on Syria !!! This is a pathetic move to demonstrate how tough he is being and cover up his, and his security agencies ineptitude.

[Zacs-Master]

I'm glad I'm not French and living in France.

[Togo]

//My money says that they are as clueless as the rest of us. //

Speak for yourself there.