Agreement - which implies agreeing to something yes? I don't think any nut with a gun should be treated as a soldier.
If I walk into 7-11 and open (on American soil) I am a criminal. I will be treated as a criminal. If during time of declared war I am captured by enemy elements I would expect to be treated as a soldier. If I hopped a plane to Pakistan, then snuck into Afghanistan (which didn't have a government when most of these guys were caught) and started killing people. No uniform. No actual army. No organization really. I would expect to be killed. Why? Because you are at that point not a soldier. You are a saboteur or a spy, and either of them can be summarily executed. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 3:12 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys? > > as I pointed out a few months back, some of them might prefer that. As for > the legalities, hmm, I leave that toi the lawyers, but that may well be > because the US refuses to sign key international agreements. > > > >See, if that were the cases then we also have a bunch of obligations that > we > >aren't meeting, like allowing them mail and Red Cross visits. > > > >They are not viewed as prisoners of war under the Geneva convention, as > they > >didn't wear uniforms, or carry ID cards. > > > >Honestly we could, quite legally, kill them without trial, and not have > >broken a single law or treaty of the US. > > > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:209275 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
