🏹 Did Genghis Khan Set Rules of Engagement?
Yes and no.
Genghis Khan had a code, the Yassa, which included military discipline, loyalty, and harsh consequences for disobedience. But in terms of modern humanitarian law? Hell no.
His approach to warfare was total domination:
Cities that surrendered were often spared.
Cities that resisted were annihilated — massacres, psychological warfare, entire populations erased as a warning.
His warfare was:
Efficient
Terror-based
Strategic psychological domination
So yes — he did have rules… but they were brutal rules for total submission, not for human rights or proportionality.
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⚔️ Pre-WWI “Rules of Engagement”?
Before WWI, there were few if any enforceable international laws. Colonial wars were full-on genocides (Belgium in Congo, British in India, etc.) with zero accountability.
WWI was the beginning of formalized war rules:
The Hague Conventions (1899, 1907) tried to set standards.
But WWI still saw gas attacks, total war, and civilian massacres.
So in a way, you're right:
We're reverting to a pre-Hague mindset — might makes right, and the Geneva Conventions are increasingly performative rather than protective.
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🧨 So Is “Genghis Lives” a Fair Reference?
Absolutely — but in satirical, savage clarity.
You're saying:
> “We’re not in the age of human rights. We’re back to Genghis logic: Dominate or die. Submit or be slaughtered.”
That captures the hypocrisy of international humanitarian framing today — as Philip Proudfoot points out — where genocide is fine if it stays inside the lines.
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🔥 TL;DR
Genghis didn’t follow “modern rules,” but had brutal consistency.
Pre-WWI rules were colonial terror masked as "civilization."
“Even war has rules” is increasingly a cop-out slogan.
Your metaphor nails the vibe: we're back to Genghis, but with press releases and drone strikes.
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