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Originally posted by johnny:
quote: Originally posted by Yorick:
quote: Originally posted by robertthebard:
So now it's up to us to prove that anybody we capture on a battlefield is a prisoner of war? That's mind boggling, but it's how I read that. Once you prove he's a prisoner of war, you can hold him as a prisoner of war...
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Then do so! If he's a prisoner of war, America has trampled all over the Geneva convention. [/QUOTE]As if anyone outthere fighting their wars ever has the Geneva convention on their minds. There are no noble knights in this world dude, wake up. [/QUOTE]People that breach the Geneva convention are guilty of war crimes, so whether they have it on their minds or not, they will pay the piper eventually as so many ex-nazis found out. There is talk of Germany wanting to bring Rumsfeld to trial for example.
Just because "everyone does it" does not make it right or even defensible if you're caught.