| Well, from all the stuff I have seen from Iraq. I see that the Iraqi national Police are working and fighting right along side of the military.
During WWII, The Germans had entire divisons made up of police officers. France's national police fall under that military police and I believe that Italy has a type of national police that falls under the military too. They start with a "C". Come on Italian Guy, you gotta know that one.
Law Enforcement is becoming more and more para-military everyday. With the war on terror and all. I believe that law enforcement officers and other personnel like them should be protected by the Geneva Conventions. They are armed servents of the state. Just like the military. And the military enforces law too in some countries.
Also, when I was but a pup, I read one of Tom Clancy's books. Sum of all fears. In it, when to Soviets cross into West Berlin, the German Polizei are also confronting soviet armoured units. That is what got me thinking of this whole thing in the first place. |