Some people obviously have a reading comprehension problem. So, saying that we
signed the Convention, as you done, won't be enough for them to be able to put
two and two together and come up with four. You have to specifically point out
that the nation that signed the Convention is bound by its provisions regardless
of what the other nation in the dispute has done. Thus, we are bound by its
provisions and Iraq (which also signed the Convention) is equally bound. The
fact that they may have violated the terms of the Convention, or even that
people fighting independently on their territory may have violated those terms
does NOT give us the right to ignore or otherwise violate them.

Once we sign, we're permanently bound and if we ignore those terms for whatever
reason, we tell the world that our word is no longer our bond and that they no
longer need to believe that we mean whatever we say. That's what we give up
when we break the terms of the Convention.

George Z.

"meport" wrote in message
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But WE DID sign the Convention. Duh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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"Perry" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 11 May 2004 09:15:17 -0400, "George Z. Bush"
wrote:

Just to eliminate some of the superfluous chit-chat on the subject from
people
who obviously haven't looked at it, here is a copy of the 4th Geneva
Convention,
enacted in August 1949, to which both the U. S. and Iraq subscribed:

"Art. 3. In the case of armed conflict not of an international character
occurring in the territory of one of the High Contracting Parties, each
Party to
the conflict shall be bound to apply, as a minimum, the following
provisions:

(1) Persons taking no active part in the hostilities, including members
of armed
forces who have laid down their arms and those placed hors de combat by
sickness, wounds, detention, or any other cause, shall in all
circumstances be
treated humanely, without any adverse distinction founded on race,
colour,
religion or faith, sex, birth or wealth, or any other similar criteria.

To this end the following acts are and shall remain prohibited at any
time and
in any place whatsoever with respect to the above-mentioned persons:
(a) violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds,
mutilation,
cruel treatment and torture;
(b) taking of hostages;
(c) outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and
degrading
treatment;
(d) the passing of sentences and the carrying out of executions without
previous
judgment pronounced by a regularly constituted court, affording all the
judicial
guarantees which are recognized as indispensable by civilized peoples."


you left out one important part, not to publish pictures of the
captured. But since Iraq has not signed on to the Geneva accords what
difference does it make, Personally I'm sick in tired of the
anti-American media here in the states and wonder why they didn't
raise hell when our soldiers are mistreated by others.