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I'm posting this because I believe that most people that support what happened after the invasion of Iraq have never even bothered to look it up.
Here is the text of Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions, which the Bush administration acknowledged on Tuesday applies to terror war detainees held by the United States:
I'm posting this because I believe that most people that support what happened after the invasion of Iraq have never even bothered to look it up.
Here is the text of Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions, which the Bush administration acknowledged on Tuesday applies to terror war detainees held by the United States:
if a person during war is caught in uniform and is detained as a POW, then I can see the USA applying the geneva convention to them.
but on the other hand, if a person conducting war against the US military or the USA is caught in civilian clothes, they are now considered a spy, terrorist or criminal, and the geneva convention does not apply to any of these individuals so detained.
Monkeywrenching does this mean you condone the mistreatment of civilians? Does this make it okay to attack and kidnap fat and obnoxious American tourists with really loud bermuda shorts as they wolf down big macs in a Parisian Mcdonalds?
Have a look at the attire worn by the Afghani mujahadein during the Soviet occupation, it resembles the clothing of over 95% of the detainees at Guantanamo.
Monkeywrenching does this mean you condone the mistreatment of civilians? Does this make it okay to attack and kidnap fat and obnoxious American tourists with really loud bermuda shorts as they wolf down big macs in a Parisian Mcdonalds?
Have a look at the attire worn by the Afghani mujahadein during the Soviet occupation, it resembles the clothing of over 95% of the detainees at Guantanamo.
the freedom fighters during the soviet afghan war were not a military, they were exactly that, a partisan group.
I do remember someone (a civilian no less) named David Pearl that was kidnapped and murdered by the type of godless murderers that are now in gitmo.
so if you ask what I think the military is right or wrong, according the geneva convention, then yes they are ok. as far as ethically, then i would say no.
but either way, i do not think it is any business of other countries and they should stay out of our business.
I mean, Israel has been violating it with its illegal occupation for years and the U.S has been vetoing anything critical of Israel at the U.N for years.
I mean, Israel has been violating it with its illegal occupation for years and the U.S has been vetoing anything critical of Israel at the U.N for years.
That site contains all the signatories. Israel is on the list.
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