But the Rights of War are fixed, whether against alien enemies or against enemies whose hostility is aggravated by the guilt of rebellion, with this single difference, that against rebel enemies these rights would seem to be more complete and unsparing.
Sumner asserts that the Rights of War apply equally to both alien enemies and rebellious citizens, with some differences.
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But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
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