Wednesday, June 09, 2004
Mr. Biden and Geneva Convention
Mr. Biden went off because we have purposely not accorded terrorists every right under the Geneva convention. He said we should because we want our soldiers to be afforded the same rights if capture.
This is incredibly silly. First of all, Al Queda hasn't signed the Geneva Convention, at least not that I'm aware of. Secondly, they aren't a country. There is a difference between treating terrorists humanely and according to the Geneva Convention.
When they hijaked four planes filled with civilians were they especially concerned about the treatment of prisoners in Guantanamo?
Our enemies will continually use the slightest problem on our side as provocation for whatever killing they can come up with. They are really good at making excuses.
Mr. Biden went off because we have purposely not accorded terrorists every right under the Geneva convention. He said we should because we want our soldiers to be afforded the same rights if capture.
This is incredibly silly. First of all, Al Queda hasn't signed the Geneva Convention, at least not that I'm aware of. Secondly, they aren't a country. There is a difference between treating terrorists humanely and according to the Geneva Convention.
When they hijaked four planes filled with civilians were they especially concerned about the treatment of prisoners in Guantanamo?
Our enemies will continually use the slightest problem on our side as provocation for whatever killing they can come up with. They are really good at making excuses.
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We signed the convention in good faith. The rulebook we signed says that only an international court, and not a single nation, can determine whether or not people captured during a military conflict can be determined POWs or enemy combatants.
True, Al Queda didn't sign the convention, but we did. That's entirely the point. If we are going to suddenly pull out of a document we signed in good faith, why would the next country we go to war with, a country that perhaps did sign the Geneva convention, treat our POWs fairly?
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True, Al Queda didn't sign the convention, but we did. That's entirely the point. If we are going to suddenly pull out of a document we signed in good faith, why would the next country we go to war with, a country that perhaps did sign the Geneva convention, treat our POWs fairly?
Hwang
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