In a message dated 1/4/07 9:22:34 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The signatories are expected to treat EVRYONE as though they wre signatories unless the other side violates them. Ah, so Al Qaeda doesn't violate the Geneva Convention, thus are protected by it. Numerous civilian targets with the intent to kill civilians, and the kidnapping of civilians, Richard Pearl, Nicholas Berg et al beheaded. This is adherence to the Geneva convention?Using civilians as human shields, no uniforms to distinguish them from civilians. Forced religious conversions at the barrel of a gun. So you think they deserve the best treatment society can guarantee so we don't offend them? Rules for war are only relevant if both sides observe them. The purpose of war is to destroy your enemy's capacity to make war and force him to submission. If one side chooses not to observe the rules agreed to then the other side should not be bound to the rules. Al Qaeda has chosen not to observe any rules but to take advantage of any rules we choose to observe.
