Though its bias is obviously in favor of humanitarian concerns, hard experience has taught it that it is unwise to push too far. If it ignores the genuine dictates of military necessity, the warring parties may simply stop listening to it at all, inevitably resulting in a greater disregard for humanitarian principles.
La lucha contra las ubicuas redes terroristas capaces de llevar a cabo devastadores ataques contra civiles podrían bien demandar el refinamiento de conceptos tradicionales como necesidad militar, combatiente, territorio y blancos legítimos.