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Old 06-02-2016, 10:39 AM
 
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Actually any intelligent person (most 12 year olds know this) would realize that the word "Mankind" refers to all of humanity - all people in all countries. You would have to be trying hard in order to construe that to somehow mean some are exempt.

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man·kind
noun
1.
human beings considered collectively; the human race.
"research for the benefit of all mankind"
synonyms: the human race, man, humanity, human beings, humans, Homo sapiens, humankind, people, men and women
"for the good of all mankind"

Mankind | Definition of Mankind by Merriam-Webster

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\ˈman-ˈkīnd, -ˌkīnd\
: the human race : the totality of human beings
Ignorance is much a part of "the totality of human beings" and as such we are forced to expect if not accept all the confusion and nonsense...
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Old 06-02-2016, 10:51 AM
 
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See sequence. The implication of what blktoptrv suggested that (t)he reason for war does not matter, they should all be stopped before they get started." This implies no war-type response to open belligerency.
That turns out not to be the case. If there's "open belligerency", there's already a state of war.

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belligerency noun bel·lig·er·en·cy \-rən(t)-sē\ : the state of being at war or in conflict; specifically : the status of a legally recognized belligerent state or nation
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