Loathe wrote: > Afghanistan didn't have a recognized government. We either recognized the > royals or the northern alliance.
You can't just claim 'we do not recognize your government' and throw away the Geneva Conventions. It doesn't work that way: article 2. > While I would agree with your statement when speaking of uniformed soldiers > of Iraq, how does that pertain to the new foreign fighters that are swarming > in Equally. Just like the American Brigade, a force of foreign volunteers, was protected in the Spanish Civil War. And the American Brigade in China during WWII. > out of uniform? Not at all to them. But that status can only be determined by a competent tribunal. > How do you deal with all the people from Syria, Kosovo, Saudi, Egypt and > other third party countries that are there as jihadi? If they are captured you treat them as PoW and you let a competent tribunal decide if they followed the rules of land warfare. (According to the same rules as the US miltary uses for their own court martials.) If they didn't follow them, they don't deserve the protection of the Geneva Conventions. Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:164374 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
