A few years ago, there was a big ruckus about the way Canadian soldiers treated prisoners of war and how they were mistreated once handed over to the American soldiers. The Canadians were not supposed to hand over the POWs to any other military.
The article suggests that president elect Obama may be changing the American approach to the way things are done in Guantanamo. That's probably good for the world's perception of the U.S. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Pete Theisen > Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 10:09 PM > To: ProFox Email List > Subject: Re: [OT] 25 billion won't do it? > > Alan Lukachko wrote: > > You probably won't believe this, but "those brave young (Canadian) men", > as > > you call them, actually treated all "enemy combatants" fairly and gave > them > > their rights. They certainly didn't torture them. The prisoners were > treated > > humanely and all their rights were respected. > > > > That was the case until the prisoners were handed over to the Americans. > > Hi Alan! > > Actually, really . . . > > http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/783923.html > -- > Regards, > > Pete > http://pete-theisen.com/ > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
