Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-26 Thread Peter Gutmann
Nomen Nescio [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: After WWI the winners humiliated the loosers badly. This is one of the main reasons Hitler came to power and got support from the Germans for the aggressions that started the war. He managed to use these feelings of being treated as dogs and paying to heavy

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-24 Thread J.A. Terranson
On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Sunder wrote: That all depends on your definition of sovereign. After all, we put, or at least helped, that monster into power. No different an action than we the many times before putting tyrants into control of small, but important nations under the guise of

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-22 Thread R. A. Hettinga
At 2:06 PM -0500 12/19/03, Michael Kalus wrote: I don't think Castro is a bad guy either. Ah. I feel much better now. Thank you for sparing me the rest of your drivel from now on... Plonk! Cheers, RAH -- - R. A. Hettinga mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Internet Bearer

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-20 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 19 Dec 2003 at 19:50, Nomen Nescio wrote: I don't think I've ever heard that the Nazi prisoners where drugged, abused or otherwice tortured or mistreated and humiliated. Feel free to enlighten me on this. if you count a haircut as abuse, torture, and mistreatment, I expect that they

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-20 Thread Eric Cordian
James A. Donald wrote: Well if there is no legitimate authority, then state of nature applies. Give him the justice that Mussolini and Ceasescu got. Hang him by his feet from a lamp post in central Baghdad for his victims to use as pinata Bear in mind that we could probably find plenty of

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-20 Thread Bill Stewart
On 19 Dec 2003 at 11:00, Nomen Nescio wrote: Let's face it: not even the Nazi war criminals were treated in the way Saddam has been treated. So far he's avoided being treated like Mussolini. At 11:35 AM 12/19/2003 -0800, James A. Donald wrote: Oh no, he got a shave and a dental examination, the

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-19 Thread J.A. Terranson
On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, James A. Donald wrote: On 18 Dec 2003 at 19:09, J.A. Terranson wrote: And all of this is meaningless: we simply had no right to invade a foreign, *sovereign* nation. Although you probably do not know it, you are invoking the rules of the peace of Westphalia. The

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-19 Thread Nomen Nescio
After WWI the winners humiliated the loosers badly. This is one of the main reasons Hitler came to power and got support from the Germans for the aggressions that started the war. He managed to use these feelings of being treated as dogs and paying to heavy for the first war. Also they were

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-19 Thread Steve Schear
At 02:00 AM 12/19/2003, Nomen Nescio wrote: After WWI the winners humiliated the loosers badly. This is one of the main reasons Hitler came to power and got support from the Germans for the aggressions that started the war. He managed to use these feelings of being treated as dogs and paying to

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-19 Thread ken
Nomen Nescio wrote: Let's face it: not even the Nazi war criminals were treated in the way Saddam has been treated. Eh? And have you heard about the Soviet Union?

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-19 Thread privacy.at Anonymous Remailer
Greetings Has Saddam recieved a lawyer yet? Will Saddam be judged by a court having jurisdiction and being recognized internationally?

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-19 Thread J.A. Terranson
On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, James A. Donald wrote: Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 19:34:00 -0800 From: James A. Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention? -- On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, James A. Donald wrote: Different rules apply in war. J.A

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-19 Thread J.A. Terranson
On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, James A. Donald wrote: On 18 Dec 2003 at 5:40, privacy.at Anonymous Remailer wrote: I think you might have forgotten about the other half the system, due process. Even if you KNOW something, you've got to go through the motions. Different rules apply in war. One

U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-19 Thread James A. Donald
-- On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, James A. Donald wrote: Different rules apply in war. J.A. Terranson wrote: One leettllleee problem: we are not really at war. Sure looks like war to me. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-19 Thread J.A. Terranson
On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Jim Dixon wrote: huge snip The evidence points to deep ties between Russia, France, and Iraq that goes back decades, plus somewhat weaker ties to China and Germany. Relations between the US and Baath-controlled Iraq were bad from the beginning; American bodies dangling

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-19 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 18 Dec 2003 at 19:09, J.A. Terranson wrote: And all of this is meaningless: we simply had no right to invade a foreign, *sovereign* nation. Although you probably do not know it, you are invoking the rules of the peace of Westphalia. The Soviet Union never respected the peace of

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-19 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 18 Dec 2003 at 14:07, Michael Kalus wrote: The west traded heavily with [Saddam], be it the US, France, Germany, the UK. The west, including the US traded and continues to trade heavily with Castro, yet somehow that does not lead you to believe they think Castro a good guy, nor does

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-19 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 18 Dec 2003 at 15:42, Michael Kalus wrote: By January 1984, /The Washington Post/ was reporting that the United States had told friendly nations in the Persian Gulf that the defeat of Iraq would be contrary to U.S. interests. That sent the message that America would not object to

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-19 Thread Sunder
That all depends on your definition of sovereign. After all, we put, or at least helped, that monster into power. No different an action than we the many times before putting tyrants into control of small, but important nations under the guise of protecting democracy. So, while he was our

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-19 Thread Michael Kalus
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 19-Dec-03, at 11:55 AM, ken wrote: Nomen Nescio wrote: Let's face it: not even the Nazi war criminals were treated in the way Saddam has been treated. Eh? And have you heard about the Soviet Union? I'll take it then that the US has

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-19 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 19 Dec 2003 at 11:00, Nomen Nescio wrote: Let's face it: not even the Nazi war criminals were treated in the way Saddam has been treated. Oh no, he got a shave and a dental examination, the horror, the horror. And in due course he is going to get an execution, which is exactly what

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-19 Thread Nomen Nescio
Ken, Eh what? Yes I've heard a lot of the Soviet union, however I don't see what you meant by that comment here. What I was referring to was the winning powers' treatment of the Nazi war criminals after WWII, Nurnburg trials and so on. (Note the word trials here) I don't think I've ever heard

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-19 Thread Richard Fiero
privacy.at Anonymous Remailer wrote: Greetings Has Saddam recieved a lawyer yet? Will Saddam be judged by a court having jurisdiction and being recognized internationally? The Hague has no jurisdiction over crimes committed in the past due to the Henry Kissinger clause insisted upon by the US.

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-19 Thread James A. Donald
-- Has Saddam recieved a lawyer yet? Will Saddam be judged by a court having jurisdiction and being recognized internationally? Saddam will be judged by his victims, who have jurisdiction enough for me. Who cares whether the guys at the Hague agree? Hague claims of jurisdiction have

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-19 Thread Anatoly Vorobey
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 10:11:32AM -0500, Sunder wrote: That all depends on your definition of sovereign. After all, we put, or at least helped, that monster into power. Not really, no. So, while he was our puppet, He was never out puppet. he was the good guy, He was never the good guy,

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-19 Thread James A. Donald
-- J.A. Terranson: One leettllleee problem: we are not really at war. James A. Donald: Sure looks like war to me. J.A. Terranson: I guess that's why the congresscritters told Shrub to GFY when he tried to get a declaration? After 9/11 Congress gave the president a blank declaration

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-19 Thread James A. Donald
-- James A. Donald: Saddam will be judged by his victims, who have jurisdiction enough for me. [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is tempting to say that the victims have some kind of natural right to see justice done against this tyrant. The problem is that the there is no one in Iraq with

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-19 Thread proclus
On 19 Dec, James A. Donald wrote: -- Saddam will be judged by his victims, who have jurisdiction enough for me. It is tempting to say that the victims have some kind of natural right to see justice done against this tyrant. The problem is that the there is no one in Iraq with legitimate

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-19 Thread proclus
On 19 Dec, James A. Donald wrote: Well if there is no legitimate authority, then state of nature applies. Give him the justice that Mussolini and Ceasescu got. Hang him by his feet from a lamp post in central Baghdad for his victims to use as pinata This would be an argument that the

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-19 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 19 Dec 2003 at 10:11, Sunder wrote: That all depends on your definition of sovereign. After all, we put, or at least helped, that monster into power. No we did not. in 1958 pro soviet socialists gained ascendency in Iraq, but a power struggle proceeded between the communist and

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-19 Thread Steve Schear
At 11:06 AM 12/19/2003, Michael Kalus wrote: I'll have a look at it. But I guess you also tell me that anything Michael Moore said in Bowling for Columbine is wrong too? http://www.hardylaw.net/Truth_About_Bowling.html We are much beholden to Machiavelli and others that write what men do, not

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-19 Thread James A. Donald
-- James A. Donald: Every citation Chomsky gives is fraudulent. I recently posted a paragraph by paragraph examination of one of his more notorious articles. Every single citation he gave was false in some central and crucial way. See my very long posting:

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-19 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 18 Dec 2003 at 21:57, J.A. Terranson wrote: Yet, I shed and continue to shed tears for a race of people that refuses to respect the rights of men and their nations. Like the Soviets. Or [now], the Americans... Such high moral sentiments from someone who claims that Americans

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-19 Thread Michael Kalus
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The west, including the US traded and continues to trade heavily with Castro, yet somehow that does not lead you to believe they think Castro a good guy, nor does it lead you to believe they are actively supporting him. I don't think Castro is a

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-19 Thread Michael Kalus
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 18-Dec-03, at 9:34 PM, James A. Donald wrote: -- On 18 Dec 2003 at 15:42, Michael Kalus wrote: By January 1984, /The Washington Post/ was reporting that the United States had told friendly nations in the Persian Gulf that the defeat of

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-19 Thread Michael Kalus
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 National Sovereignty, like the divine right of kings, just is not taken seriously any more, and the only people weeping big salt tears about its passing are those who enthusiastically hailed all the Soviet violations of it as wars of national

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-19 Thread cubic-dog
On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Michael Kalus wrote: I'll have a look at it. But I guess you also tell me that anything Michael Moore said in Bowling for Columbine is wrong too? Not wrong exactly, just completely biased, wrong headed, snuffling at the ass of anti-gun Hollywood so it would be hailed in

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-19 Thread Michael Kalus
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 19-Dec-03, at 2:35 PM, James A. Donald wrote: -- On 18 Dec 2003 at 21:57, J.A. Terranson wrote: Yet, I shed and continue to shed tears for a race of people that refuses to respect the rights of men and their nations. Like the Soviets. Or

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-18 Thread privacy.at Anonymous Remailer
On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, BillyGOTO wrote: Nice, but the problem still remains: At this point it doesn't matter what he has done (or we say he has done). This is not a punishment. Innocent until proofen guilty anyone? This is the basis for the enlightened western society, no? This isn't a ski

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-18 Thread James A. Donald
-- Michael Kalus: he [Saddam] is shown and paraded on TV (and don't tell me he wasn't because showing a man in his state, showing how he gets examined is clearly an attempt to break the morale). James A. Donald; Secondly; It is being overly sensitive about the feelings of those poor

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-18 Thread Eric Cordian
James A, Donald writes: I see: So when the US army is so unkind as to film Saddam acting submissive, this is a shocking violation of his human rights, and your bleeding heart feels for him deeply. But when, however, people fly a plainload of passengers into two tall buildings and murder

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-18 Thread Michael Kalus
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Human Rights Watch, Amnesty, and countless Iraqi refugees all report similar stories of widespread torture and murder. Is it your position that these are all propagandists? Dismissing as propaganda any reports that oppose your argument,

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-18 Thread Tyler Durden
. The US is there in Saudi, Israel, Iraq, and wherever...not the French, not the Italians, and not the Chinese or the Russians. -TD From: Anatoly Vorobey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention? Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 01:08:46 +0200 On Wed, Dec

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-18 Thread Anonymous Sender
Harmon Seaver wrote: This isn't a ski mask burglary. We KNOW Saddam ruled Iraq. We KNOW what crimes were committed. Simple syllogism. No we don't. We only know what the propaganda mills have told us. Twenty years ago it was a different story. The propaganda mills were working for

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-18 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 17 Dec 2003 at 22:54, Michael Kalus wrote: No, but it is very interresting that all of this didn't matter while Saddam was the good guy for our causes (and by that I mean the Western world general). You are making up your own history. When Saddam came to power, he seized western

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-18 Thread BillyGOTO
On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 07:18:04PM +, Jim Dixon wrote: Relevant numbers from the Times today, quoting Air Force Monthly, January 2003: from 1980 to 1990 Iraq imported 28.9 billion pounds worth of weapons. 19% by value were from France; 57% from the Soviet Union (ie Russia), East Germany,

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-18 Thread Michael Kalus
James A. Donald wrote: -- On 17 Dec 2003 at 22:54, Michael Kalus wrote: No, but it is very interresting that all of this didn't matter while Saddam was the good guy for our causes (and by that I mean the Western world general). You are making up your own history. Am I? The west

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-18 Thread Jim Dixon
On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, James A. Donald wrote: On 17 Dec 2003 at 22:54, Michael Kalus wrote: No, but it is very interresting that all of this didn't matter while Saddam was the good guy for our causes (and by that I mean the Western world general). You are making up your own history. When

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-18 Thread Jim Dixon
On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, BillyGOTO wrote: On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 07:18:04PM +, Jim Dixon wrote: Relevant numbers from the Times today, quoting Air Force Monthly, January 2003: from 1980 to 1990 Iraq imported 28.9 billion pounds worth of weapons. 19% by value were from France; 57% from

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-18 Thread Daniel Roethlisberger
Jim Dixon [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-12-18/19:18]: 19% by value were from France; 57% from the Soviet Union (ie Russia), East Germany, and Czechoslovakia; 8% from China. [...] It is not coincidental that the Security Council members opposed to taking any action on Iraq's repeated violations were

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-18 Thread Michael Kalus
Jim Dixon wrote: On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, James A. Donald wrote: On 17 Dec 2003 at 22:54, Michael Kalus wrote: No, but it is very interresting that all of this didn't matter while Saddam was the good guy for our causes (and by that I mean the Western world general). You are making up

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-18 Thread proclus
I would like to throw in with the OTO gunners here. If you are interested in an expanded and predictive analysis, check here. US aggression leads predictably to bad results: Take action to stop the war now http://proclus.tripod.com/radical/wartext4.html I wrote it in April, while US bombs were

RE: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-18 Thread Trei, Peter
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to throw in with the OTO gunners here. [...] OTO Ordo Templi Orientalis? You don't mean *that*, do you? I suspect I'm suffering from acronym overloading. Peter

RE: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-18 Thread proclus
On 18 Dec, Trei, Peter wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to throw in with the OTO gunners here. [...] OTO Ordo Templi Orientalis? You don't mean *that*, do you? Why not? I suspect I'm suffering from acronym overloading. I was simply agreeing with the post of Eric

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-18 Thread Jim Dixon
On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Michael Kalus wrote: BTW, can you provide me with a reference for the dangling bodies'? Because I was unable to find anything on this so far. I was travelling in the area (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey) at the time. In the 1960s the usual overland traveller's

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-18 Thread Jim Dixon
On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Daniel Roethlisberger wrote: 19% by value were from France; 57% from the Soviet Union (ie Russia), East Germany, and Czechoslovakia; 8% from China. [...] It is not coincidental that the Security Council members opposed to taking any action on Iraq's repeated

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-17 Thread Jim Dixon
On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Nomen Nescio wrote: Your whole post is based on the feeling that we're gonna do what they did to us. There were at least three points made in my post: * The treatment of Saddam seems well within the rules laid down by the Geneva conventions. * On the other hand, he and

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-17 Thread Nomen Nescio
Tim, sorry it was unclear from my post whom I was referring to. It was James A. Donald. I did put his message id in a reply-to header. Jim Dixon wrote: Hitler, you mean? Or did you have Milosevic in mind? No what I meant was what IF somehow Bush or Blaire or some other high ranking coalition

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-17 Thread Freematt357
In a message dated 12/17/2003 1:00:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Firstly, the US army has not violated the Geneva convention: How so? we will cheerfully wade knee deep through blood and the body parts of innocents to destroy those that threaten us, as the crusaders

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-17 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 17 Dec 2003 at 9:00, Nomen Nescio wrote: No what I meant was what IF somehow Bush or Blaire or some other high ranking coalition politician were captured by Iraq during the war and was treated in the same way. I can only presume you would support Saddam's soldiers checking Bush

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-17 Thread James A. Donald
Truly great. In doing so you have manifested what has been written here about gasing into the abyss and so on. On 17 Dec 2003 at 8:36, Jim Dixon wrote: I have gazed into the abyss and seen a man having his teeth checked and getting a haircut. :-| -- Jim Dixon [EMAIL

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-17 Thread Roy M. Silvernail
On Tuesday 16 December 2003 21:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 12/15/2003 9:44:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There are specific clauses which refer to not publically humiliating a prisoner. I'm surprised the Agitprop Division didn't show video of

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-17 Thread Eric Cordian
Natt writes: You're one-hundred percent correct. I saw that sack of shit Rumsfeld on a press conference this afternoon where he answered the specific question of does parading Saddam around violate the Geneva convention.? Rumsfeld also revealed that the CIA has taken over the Saddam

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-17 Thread Freematt357
In a message dated 12/15/2003 9:44:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There are specific clauses which refer to not publically humiliating a prisoner. I'm surprised the Agitprop Division didn't show video of Saddam taking his first dump while in custody. Saddam is not a

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-17 Thread Tyler Durden
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention? Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 19:04:43 -0800 (PST) Natt writes: You're one-hundred percent correct. I saw that sack of shit Rumsfeld on a press conference this afternoon where he answered the specific question of does parading Saddam

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-17 Thread Jim Dixon
On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Michael Kalus wrote: I have gazed into the abyss and seen a man having his teeth checked and getting a haircut. :-| And how would you have felt to be the one who got your teeth checked and get a haircut with the whole world watching? You have omitted a bit. A better

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-17 Thread Michael Kalus
Jim Dixon wrote: And how would you have felt to be the one who got your teeth checked and get a haircut with the whole world watching? You have omitted a bit. A better question might be: how would you have felt if you had looted an entire country for 30 years, invaded two others,

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-17 Thread Michael Kalus
Jim Dixon wrote: I have gazed into the abyss and seen a man having his teeth checked and getting a haircut. :-| And how would you have felt to be the one who got your teeth checked and get a haircut with the whole world watching? M.

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-17 Thread Michael Kalus
James A. Donald wrote: Firstly, the US army has not violated the Geneva convention: Saddam was eligible for being shot on sight. That might have been. But he was not, and he is shown and paraded on TV (and don't tell me he wasn't because showing a man in his state, showing how he gets

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-17 Thread Harmon Seaver
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 08:41:07PM +, Jim Dixon wrote: You have omitted a bit. A better question might be: how would you have felt if you had looted an entire country for 30 years, invaded two others, annihilated any who objected, butchered hundreds of thousands of people, dispatched

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-17 Thread Michael Kalus
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 17-Dec-03, at 5:23 PM, Jim Dixon wrote: Damn lucky, to be honest. No I did not omit this little bit. This is not the question. Oh but it is. Ah? Why? Guilt or not guilt is not (supposely) decided when captured but in a court of law. You

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-17 Thread Michael Kalus
Anatoly Vorobey wrote: If I had record like Saddam's on me? Gee, I'd be real happy I wasn't shot on the spot, or maybe cruelly tortured and then shot, the way I'd behaved to people I'd captured. Or maybe torn into pieces by a shrieking mob. Instead of doing any of that, they check my teeth and

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-17 Thread Anatoly Vorobey
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 04:46:51PM -0500, Michael Kalus wrote: Nice, but the problem still remains: At this point it doesn't matter what he has done (or we say he has done). Of course it matters. This is not a punishment. Innocent until proofen guilty anyone? This is the basis for the

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-17 Thread Anatoly Vorobey
You wrote on Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 03:19:43PM -0500: Jim Dixon wrote: I have gazed into the abyss and seen a man having his teeth checked and getting a haircut. :-| And how would you have felt to be the one who got your teeth checked and get a haircut with the whole world

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-17 Thread BillyGOTO
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 04:46:51PM -0500, Michael Kalus wrote: Nice, but the problem still remains: At this point it doesn't matter what he has done (or we say he has done). This is not a punishment. Innocent until proofen guilty anyone? This is the basis for the enlightened western

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-17 Thread Anatoly Vorobey
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 12:12:55PM -0600, Harmon Seaver wrote: This isn't a ski mask burglary. We KNOW Saddam ruled Iraq. We KNOW what crimes were committed. Simple syllogism. No we don't. We only know what the propaganda mills have told us. Twenty years ago it was a different story.

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-17 Thread Harmon Seaver
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 05:53:56PM -0500, BillyGOTO wrote: On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 04:46:51PM -0500, Michael Kalus wrote: Nice, but the problem still remains: At this point it doesn't matter what he has done (or we say he has done). This is not a punishment. Innocent until proofen

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-17 Thread Tyler Durden
. in violation of Geneva convention? Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 22:54:57 +0200 You wrote on Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 03:19:43PM -0500: Jim Dixon wrote: I have gazed into the abyss and seen a man having his teeth checked and getting a haircut. :-| And how would you have felt to be the one who got your

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-17 Thread Michael Kalus
Tyler Durden wrote: Later today, a source close to the interrogation said that Saddam would be subjected to stress and sleep deprivation. Basically, teams of interrogators will ask questions over and over again, and no one will get any rest until answers are provided. At least here in NYC

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-17 Thread Anatoly Vorobey
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 05:06:55PM -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: A thread that started out quasi-interesting has descended into non-Cypherpunk levels of triviality. I thought it was trivial all along. The original point stands, and is valid. The Islamic world and, in particular, the Arabic

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-17 Thread Tarapia Tapioco
Harmon Seaver wrote: This isn't a ski mask burglary. We KNOW Saddam ruled Iraq. We KNOW what crimes were committed. Simple syllogism. No we don't. We only know what the propaganda mills have told us. Twenty years ago it was a different story. The propaganda mills were working for

U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-16 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 16 Dec 2003 at 2:36, Anonymous wrote: I saw several people commenting the issue of Geneva convention on CNN during the day. Also I saw an expert on this field from another country commenting on the issue stating that it was a clear violation of the convention. In either of these

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-16 Thread Tim May
On Dec 15, 2003, at 5:36 PM, Anonymous wrote: I am not sure I agree. I am no expert on this however. I saw several people commenting the issue of Geneva convention on CNN during the day. Also I saw an expert on this field from another country commenting on the issue stating that it was a clear

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-16 Thread R. A. Hettinga
At 8:43 PM -0600 12/15/03, J.A. Terranson wrote: This report contains all the earmarks of pure propaganda. :-) Cheers, RAH -- - R. A. Hettinga mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation http://www.ibuc.com/ 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-16 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 15 Dec 2003 at 20:06, privacy.at Anonymous Remailer wrote: The image of an Arab leader (however terrible) being objectivised by a white gloved American medic like a bug on a lab bench, will not be read in the Arab world as a moment of liberation. It will be seen as a special kind

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-16 Thread J.A. Terranson
On Mon, 15 Dec 2003, R. A. Hettinga wrote: At 5:21 PM + 12/15/03, Dave Howe wrote: Iraq was somehow involved in the Trade Center attacks too For those who wondered why Abu Nidal took two in the hat shortly before the daisycutters came to play:

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-15 Thread Jim Dixon
On Mon, 15 Dec 2003, Anonymous wrote: The U.S. official's way of behaving like Texas rednecks are embarrassing. Not only are they cheering we got him like a child who can not withhold his enthusiasm. Displaying Saddam the way they did are also possibly a clear violation of the Geneva

U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-15 Thread Anonymous
The U.S. official's way of behaving like Texas rednecks are embarrassing. Not only are they cheering we got him like a child who can not withhold his enthusiasm. Displaying Saddam the way they did are also possibly a clear violation of the Geneva convention as far as I can tell. What was

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-15 Thread Jim Dixon
On Mon, 15 Dec 2003, Bill Stewart wrote: The Geneva conventions require, among other things, that soldiers wear uniforms. Maybe it was just the movies, but I do believe that in the first and second world wars combatants dressed in civilian clothes were routinely shot. But Saddam isn't a

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-15 Thread Bill Stewart
At 03:47 PM 12/15/2003 +, Jim Dixon wrote: On Mon, 15 Dec 2003, Anonymous wrote: The U.S. official's way of behaving like Texas rednecks are embarrassing. Not only are they cheering we got him like a child who can not withhold his enthusiasm. Displaying Saddam the way they did are also

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-15 Thread R. A. Hettinga
At 5:21 PM + 12/15/03, Dave Howe wrote: Iraq was somehow involved in the Trade Center attacks too For those who wondered why Abu Nidal took two in the hat shortly before the daisycutters came to play:

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-15 Thread Dave Howe
Jim Dixon wrote: The Geneva conventions require, among other things, that soldiers wear uniforms. No, they don't. Fox news repeats this enough that more than half of america believes it, but then, more than half of america believes Iraq was somehow involved in the Trade Center attacks

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-15 Thread privacy.at Anonymous Remailer
The U.S. official's way of behaving like Texas rednecks are embarrassing. Not Crosspost from nettime: Subject: nettime wrong signals If symbols really do matter we might conclude that American administration's PR machine has got it badly wrong. In the carefully orchestrated news management of

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-15 Thread Anonymous
I am not sure I agree. I am no expert on this however. I saw several people commenting the issue of Geneva convention on CNN during the day. Also I saw an expert on this field from another country commenting on the issue stating that it was a clear violation of the convention. In either of