better than that. This has always been a nation of laws right back to the
first settlements in Jamestown and in Plymouth. Perhaps we should follow the
laws that govern us and the international treaties we follow. In other words
attempt to live up to the ideals that are a part of the basic nature of this
country, rather than acting like a rogue nation.
Larry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 9:37 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: Question
>
>
> >>Moreover its also somewhat of an ideological thing - those
> terrorists
> >>who agree with us are Freedom Fighters (trumpet fanfare
> please) while
> >>those freedom fighters who do not agree with us are terrorists
>
> Yeah, I've always held that this (what you said above) was an
> issue of semantics. Though, I am also inclined to say that we
> should treat these f$%^ers the way they treat us. This view
> will of course draw criticism, but as far as I can tell, even
> with the behavior of our troops as Abu Graib(spelling wrong,
> I know) the vast majority of captured fighters are recieving
> far better treatment from us, then we would be afforded if
> caught by them.
>
> >>That said it may be that the Taliban prisoners in Afghanistan are
> >>being
> "illegally" held as
> >>they were the army of the current Afghani government when the
> >>coalition
> invaded.
>
> You may be right, but if they are categorized as AQ fighters,
> then the US will make the case that we are still at war with
> AQ, although again how do you delcare war against a group?
>
> >>As for O'Reilly, he's no expert on the Geneva Conventions, shows a
> >>very shallow understanding of it, and ignores the provisions for
> >>civilians and combatants not in uniform.
>
> Perhaps, but I still thought what he said was interesting to
> think about it and get some comments.
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