> 1) What about the land mines? A few years ago, a fairly broad consensus was achieved, to the effect that land mines should be regarded as an illegal and immoral method of warfare.

Oh, my god, don't encourage these *idiots*. The problems with land mines is that they are not designed to decay within a rational period of time. This should be an international standard, so that any mine which is planted becomes moot after a year or three years or something like that. THAT is when the real post-war "atrocities" occur, like farmers dying when tilling a field or kids losing a leg when running over a hill.

Land mines are one of the few "cheap" methods for fighting armor and infantry for a guerilla force.

This means not just Iraqi "insurgents" but also legitimate freedom fighters in oppressed nations.

They allow a cash-strapped resistance to combat the often well-funded military of a dictator, acting as an equalizer of sorts.