Re: U.S. in violaton of Geneva convention?

2003-12-17 Thread Tim May
On Dec 16, 2003, at 1:50 PM, Nomen Nescio wrote: This makes me a bit curious. Tell me, is your opinion then that the U.S. has done nothing questionable here? You don't feel that treating a former head of state (regardless of what you happen to think of that person) in this manner and

Re: U.S. in violaton of Geneva convention?

2003-12-17 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 16 Dec 2003 at 22:50, Nomen Nescio wrote: This makes me a bit curious. Tell me, is your opinion then that the U.S. has done nothing questionable here? You don't feel that treating a former head of state (regardless of what you happen to think of that person) in this manner and

Re: U.S. in violaton of Geneva convention?

2003-12-17 Thread Steve Furlong
On Tue, 2003-12-16 at 18:18, Jim Dixon wrote: I spent several years travelling in that part of the world. Well, that just blew your credibility with this crowd. You're supposed to spout off on topics about which you know nothing. Bonus points for reflexive anti-state-ism [1] [2], and in

Re: U.S. in violaton of Geneva convention?

2003-12-16 Thread Nomen Nescio
This makes me a bit curious. Tell me, is your opinion then that the U.S. has done nothing questionable here? You don't feel that treating a former head of state (regardless of what you happen to think of that person) in this manner and videorecording it AND transmitting it to the entire globe

Re: U.S. in violaton of Geneva convention?

2003-12-16 Thread Jim Dixon
On Tue, 16 Dec 2003, Nomen Nescio wrote: This makes me a bit curious. Tell me, is your opinion then that the U.S. has done nothing questionable here? No one seems to question certain facts: * Saddam had hundreds of thousands of Iraqis tortured and killed * he used chemical weapons casually,

Re: U.S. in violaton of Geneva convention?

2003-12-16 Thread Steve Schear
At 03:18 PM 12/16/2003, Jim Dixon wrote: You should try to remember how the US Civil War ended. The armed forces of the South surrendered. Lee handed his sword to Grant. I believe that Grant returned it - and allowed each Southern soldier to keep a rifle and a mule. Lee and the other leaders of