Defence minister.Do not shoot to kill by Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth London England 🇬🇧 july 9 2026

[Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth]

The youth s want bread but we give  them bullets  in their  bellies.

We need to remind the minister  of defence that the purpose  of warfare is not to kill.  It is to disarm  men. 

Terrorists  kill. Soldiers disarm..so The defence  minister  should  not have given instructions to the troops  to kill Terrorists.  You sell the sizzle  and not the sausage.

Below  is AI  generated material  on War

The purpose of warfare is to enforce political objectives by breaking an enemy's will to fight rather than maximizing casualties

. By neutralizing the enemy's ability to resist—disarming them strategically and physically—combat can be resolved with minimal necessary destruction, as governed by modern Law of Armed Conflict

.This concept is a foundational principle of military strategy

:Strategic Subjugation: As famously noted in the On War Wikipedia Page by Carl von Clausewitz, 

war is the continuation of politics. The goal is to enforce your will onto the adversary, not to destroy them completely.

The Indirect Approach: On platforms like Quora, there is a strong consensus that the most supreme form of warfare is to subdue the enemy without having to fight at all, an ethos central to Sun Tzu's The Art of War.Rules of Engagement: 

International ICRC Law of War Guide dictates that lethal force is legally only justifiable when strictly necessary to defeat the enemy or render them hors de combat (out of the fight)

. Combatants who surrender or are incapacitated must be disarmed and taken prisoner rather than killed.

Attacks against Persons Hors de Combat

The prohibition on attacking a person recognized as hors de combat applies in all circumstances, even when it is difficult to keep or evacuate prisoners, for ex...ICRC