but, it's silly to pretend anybody gives a fuck - or ever did.
laws are guiding forces, they're not absolute truths, and it's ultimately the spirit of the law that is more important than the letter of it.
what that means is that bombing civilians is bad, and bombing pows is generally bad, but bombing pows that are also war criminals is perhaps acceptable, depending on the context. this is a context where it may be the only way to bring these women to justice - because they won't be held forever. they will eventually be let go.
it is the women that will repopulate and raise the next generation of monsters, not the men.