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

2003-12-26 Thread Peter Gutmann
Nomen Nescio [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: After WWI the winners humiliated the loosers badly. This is one of the main reasons Hitler came to power and got support from the Germans for the aggressions that started the war. He managed to use these feelings of being treated as dogs and paying to heavy

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

2003-12-24 Thread Peter Gutmann
Nomen Nescio [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: After WWI the winners humiliated the loosers badly. This is one of the main reasons Hitler came to power and got support from the Germans for the aggressions that started the war. He managed to use these feelings of being treated as dogs and paying to heavy

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

2003-12-24 Thread J.A. Terranson
On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Sunder wrote: That all depends on your definition of sovereign. After all, we put, or at least helped, that monster into power. No different an action than we the many times before putting tyrants into control of small, but important nations under the guise of

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

2003-12-22 Thread R. A. Hettinga
At 2:06 PM -0500 12/19/03, Michael Kalus wrote: I don't think Castro is a bad guy either. Ah. I feel much better now. Thank you for sparing me the rest of your drivel from now on... Plonk! Cheers, RAH -- - R. A. Hettinga mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Internet Bearer

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

2003-12-21 Thread R. A. Hettinga
At 2:06 PM -0500 12/19/03, Michael Kalus wrote: I don't think Castro is a bad guy either. Ah. I feel much better now. Thank you for sparing me the rest of your drivel from now on... Plonk! Cheers, RAH -- - R. A. Hettinga mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Internet Bearer

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

2003-12-21 Thread R. A. Hettinga
At 2:40 PM -0500 12/18/03, BillyGOTO wrote: Do we really measure weapons in pounds? I suppose you do if you have to fly them? ;-) Cheers, RAH -- - R. A. Hettinga mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation http://www.ibuc.com/ 44 Farquhar Street,

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

2003-12-20 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 19 Dec 2003 at 19:50, Nomen Nescio wrote: I don't think I've ever heard that the Nazi prisoners where drugged, abused or otherwice tortured or mistreated and humiliated. Feel free to enlighten me on this. if you count a haircut as abuse, torture, and mistreatment, I expect that they

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

2003-12-20 Thread Eric Cordian
James A. Donald wrote: Well if there is no legitimate authority, then state of nature applies. Give him the justice that Mussolini and Ceasescu got. Hang him by his feet from a lamp post in central Baghdad for his victims to use as pinata Bear in mind that we could probably find plenty of

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

2003-12-20 Thread Bill Stewart
On 19 Dec 2003 at 11:00, Nomen Nescio wrote: Let's face it: not even the Nazi war criminals were treated in the way Saddam has been treated. So far he's avoided being treated like Mussolini. At 11:35 AM 12/19/2003 -0800, James A. Donald wrote: Oh no, he got a shave and a dental examination, the

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

2003-12-19 Thread Sunder
That all depends on your definition of sovereign. After all, we put, or at least helped, that monster into power. No different an action than we the many times before putting tyrants into control of small, but important nations under the guise of protecting democracy. So, while he was our

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

2003-12-19 Thread ken
Nomen Nescio wrote: Let's face it: not even the Nazi war criminals were treated in the way Saddam has been treated. Eh? And have you heard about the Soviet Union?

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

2003-12-19 Thread Steve Schear
At 02:00 AM 12/19/2003, Nomen Nescio wrote: After WWI the winners humiliated the loosers badly. This is one of the main reasons Hitler came to power and got support from the Germans for the aggressions that started the war. He managed to use these feelings of being treated as dogs and paying to

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

2003-12-19 Thread Michael Kalus
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 19-Dec-03, at 11:55 AM, ken wrote: Nomen Nescio wrote: Let's face it: not even the Nazi war criminals were treated in the way Saddam has been treated. Eh? And have you heard about the Soviet Union? I'll take it then that the US has

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

2003-12-19 Thread Nomen Nescio
Ken, Eh what? Yes I've heard a lot of the Soviet union, however I don't see what you meant by that comment here. What I was referring to was the winning powers' treatment of the Nazi war criminals after WWII, Nurnburg trials and so on. (Note the word trials here) I don't think I've ever heard

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

2003-12-19 Thread Michael Kalus
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 National Sovereignty, like the divine right of kings, just is not taken seriously any more, and the only people weeping big salt tears about its passing are those who enthusiastically hailed all the Soviet violations of it as wars of national

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

2003-12-19 Thread Michael Kalus
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The west, including the US traded and continues to trade heavily with Castro, yet somehow that does not lead you to believe they think Castro a good guy, nor does it lead you to believe they are actively supporting him. I don't think Castro is a

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

2003-12-19 Thread Michael Kalus
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 18-Dec-03, at 9:34 PM, James A. Donald wrote: -- On 18 Dec 2003 at 15:42, Michael Kalus wrote: By January 1984, /The Washington Post/ was reporting that the United States had told friendly nations in the Persian Gulf that the defeat of

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

2003-12-19 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 18 Dec 2003 at 21:57, J.A. Terranson wrote: Yet, I shed and continue to shed tears for a race of people that refuses to respect the rights of men and their nations. Like the Soviets. Or [now], the Americans... Such high moral sentiments from someone who claims that Americans

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

2003-12-19 Thread Richard Fiero
privacy.at Anonymous Remailer wrote: Greetings Has Saddam recieved a lawyer yet? Will Saddam be judged by a court having jurisdiction and being recognized internationally? The Hague has no jurisdiction over crimes committed in the past due to the Henry Kissinger clause insisted upon by the US.

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

2003-12-19 Thread James A. Donald
-- J.A. Terranson: One leettllleee problem: we are not really at war. James A. Donald: Sure looks like war to me. J.A. Terranson: I guess that's why the congresscritters told Shrub to GFY when he tried to get a declaration? After 9/11 Congress gave the president a blank declaration

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

2003-12-19 Thread James A. Donald
-- Has Saddam recieved a lawyer yet? Will Saddam be judged by a court having jurisdiction and being recognized internationally? Saddam will be judged by his victims, who have jurisdiction enough for me. Who cares whether the guys at the Hague agree? Hague claims of jurisdiction have

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

2003-12-19 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 19 Dec 2003 at 11:00, Nomen Nescio wrote: Let's face it: not even the Nazi war criminals were treated in the way Saddam has been treated. Oh no, he got a shave and a dental examination, the horror, the horror. And in due course he is going to get an execution, which is exactly what

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

2003-12-19 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 19 Dec 2003 at 10:11, Sunder wrote: That all depends on your definition of sovereign. After all, we put, or at least helped, that monster into power. No we did not. in 1958 pro soviet socialists gained ascendency in Iraq, but a power struggle proceeded between the communist and

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

2003-12-19 Thread Steve Schear
At 11:06 AM 12/19/2003, Michael Kalus wrote: I'll have a look at it. But I guess you also tell me that anything Michael Moore said in Bowling for Columbine is wrong too? http://www.hardylaw.net/Truth_About_Bowling.html We are much beholden to Machiavelli and others that write what men do, not

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

2003-12-19 Thread James A. Donald
-- James A. Donald: Every citation Chomsky gives is fraudulent. I recently posted a paragraph by paragraph examination of one of his more notorious articles. Every single citation he gave was false in some central and crucial way. See my very long posting:

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

2003-12-19 Thread Michael Kalus
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 19-Dec-03, at 2:35 PM, James A. Donald wrote: -- On 18 Dec 2003 at 21:57, J.A. Terranson wrote: Yet, I shed and continue to shed tears for a race of people that refuses to respect the rights of men and their nations. Like the Soviets. Or

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

2003-12-19 Thread cubic-dog
On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Michael Kalus wrote: I'll have a look at it. But I guess you also tell me that anything Michael Moore said in Bowling for Columbine is wrong too? Not wrong exactly, just completely biased, wrong headed, snuffling at the ass of anti-gun Hollywood so it would be hailed in

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

2003-12-19 Thread Eric Cordian
James A. Donald wrote: Well if there is no legitimate authority, then state of nature applies. Give him the justice that Mussolini and Ceasescu got. Hang him by his feet from a lamp post in central Baghdad for his victims to use as pinata Bear in mind that we could probably find plenty of

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

2003-12-19 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 19 Dec 2003 at 19:50, Nomen Nescio wrote: I don't think I've ever heard that the Nazi prisoners where drugged, abused or otherwice tortured or mistreated and humiliated. Feel free to enlighten me on this. if you count a haircut as abuse, torture, and mistreatment, I expect that they

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

2003-12-19 Thread Anatoly Vorobey
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 10:11:32AM -0500, Sunder wrote: That all depends on your definition of sovereign. After all, we put, or at least helped, that monster into power. Not really, no. So, while he was our puppet, He was never out puppet. he was the good guy, He was never the good guy,

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

2003-12-19 Thread proclus
On 19 Dec, James A. Donald wrote: -- Saddam will be judged by his victims, who have jurisdiction enough for me. It is tempting to say that the victims have some kind of natural right to see justice done against this tyrant. The problem is that the there is no one in Iraq with legitimate

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

2003-12-19 Thread James A. Donald
-- James A. Donald: Saddam will be judged by his victims, who have jurisdiction enough for me. [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is tempting to say that the victims have some kind of natural right to see justice done against this tyrant. The problem is that the there is no one in Iraq with

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

2003-12-19 Thread J.A. Terranson
On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, James A. Donald wrote: On 18 Dec 2003 at 19:09, J.A. Terranson wrote: And all of this is meaningless: we simply had no right to invade a foreign, *sovereign* nation. Although you probably do not know it, you are invoking the rules of the peace of Westphalia. The

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

2003-12-19 Thread Nomen Nescio
After WWI the winners humiliated the loosers badly. This is one of the main reasons Hitler came to power and got support from the Germans for the aggressions that started the war. He managed to use these feelings of being treated as dogs and paying to heavy for the first war. Also they were

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

2003-12-19 Thread Steve Schear
At 02:00 AM 12/19/2003, Nomen Nescio wrote: After WWI the winners humiliated the loosers badly. This is one of the main reasons Hitler came to power and got support from the Germans for the aggressions that started the war. He managed to use these feelings of being treated as dogs and paying to

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

2003-12-19 Thread ken
Nomen Nescio wrote: Let's face it: not even the Nazi war criminals were treated in the way Saddam has been treated. Eh? And have you heard about the Soviet Union?

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

2003-12-19 Thread privacy.at Anonymous Remailer
Greetings Has Saddam recieved a lawyer yet? Will Saddam be judged by a court having jurisdiction and being recognized internationally?

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

2003-12-19 Thread J.A. Terranson
On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, James A. Donald wrote: Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 19:34:00 -0800 From: James A. Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention? -- On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, James A. Donald wrote: Different rules apply in war. J.A.

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

2003-12-19 Thread J.A. Terranson
On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, James A. Donald wrote: On 18 Dec 2003 at 5:40, privacy.at Anonymous Remailer wrote: I think you might have forgotten about the other half the system, due process. Even if you KNOW something, you've got to go through the motions. Different rules apply in war. One

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

2003-12-19 Thread J.A. Terranson
On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Jim Dixon wrote: huge snip The evidence points to deep ties between Russia, France, and Iraq that goes back decades, plus somewhat weaker ties to China and Germany. Relations between the US and Baath-controlled Iraq were bad from the beginning; American bodies dangling

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

2003-12-19 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 18 Dec 2003 at 19:09, J.A. Terranson wrote: And all of this is meaningless: we simply had no right to invade a foreign, *sovereign* nation. Although you probably do not know it, you are invoking the rules of the peace of Westphalia. The Soviet Union never respected the peace of

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

2003-12-19 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 18 Dec 2003 at 14:07, Michael Kalus wrote: The west traded heavily with [Saddam], be it the US, France, Germany, the UK. The west, including the US traded and continues to trade heavily with Castro, yet somehow that does not lead you to believe they think Castro a good guy, nor does

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

2003-12-19 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 18 Dec 2003 at 15:42, Michael Kalus wrote: By January 1984, /The Washington Post/ was reporting that the United States had told friendly nations in the Persian Gulf that the defeat of Iraq would be contrary to U.S. interests. That sent the message that America would not object to

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

2003-12-19 Thread Sunder
That all depends on your definition of sovereign. After all, we put, or at least helped, that monster into power. No different an action than we the many times before putting tyrants into control of small, but important nations under the guise of protecting democracy. So, while he was our

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

2003-12-19 Thread Michael Kalus
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 19-Dec-03, at 11:55 AM, ken wrote: Nomen Nescio wrote: Let's face it: not even the Nazi war criminals were treated in the way Saddam has been treated. Eh? And have you heard about the Soviet Union? I'll take it then that the US has

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

2003-12-19 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 19 Dec 2003 at 11:00, Nomen Nescio wrote: Let's face it: not even the Nazi war criminals were treated in the way Saddam has been treated. Oh no, he got a shave and a dental examination, the horror, the horror. And in due course he is going to get an execution, which is exactly what

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

2003-12-19 Thread Nomen Nescio
Ken, Eh what? Yes I've heard a lot of the Soviet union, however I don't see what you meant by that comment here. What I was referring to was the winning powers' treatment of the Nazi war criminals after WWII, Nurnburg trials and so on. (Note the word trials here) I don't think I've ever heard

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

2003-12-19 Thread Richard Fiero
privacy.at Anonymous Remailer wrote: Greetings Has Saddam recieved a lawyer yet? Will Saddam be judged by a court having jurisdiction and being recognized internationally? The Hague has no jurisdiction over crimes committed in the past due to the Henry Kissinger clause insisted upon by the US.

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

2003-12-19 Thread James A. Donald
-- Has Saddam recieved a lawyer yet? Will Saddam be judged by a court having jurisdiction and being recognized internationally? Saddam will be judged by his victims, who have jurisdiction enough for me. Who cares whether the guys at the Hague agree? Hague claims of jurisdiction have

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

2003-12-19 Thread Anatoly Vorobey
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 10:11:32AM -0500, Sunder wrote: That all depends on your definition of sovereign. After all, we put, or at least helped, that monster into power. Not really, no. So, while he was our puppet, He was never out puppet. he was the good guy, He was never the good guy,

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

2003-12-19 Thread James A. Donald
-- J.A. Terranson: One leettllleee problem: we are not really at war. James A. Donald: Sure looks like war to me. J.A. Terranson: I guess that's why the congresscritters told Shrub to GFY when he tried to get a declaration? After 9/11 Congress gave the president a blank declaration

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

2003-12-19 Thread James A. Donald
-- James A. Donald: Saddam will be judged by his victims, who have jurisdiction enough for me. [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is tempting to say that the victims have some kind of natural right to see justice done against this tyrant. The problem is that the there is no one in Iraq with

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

2003-12-19 Thread proclus
On 19 Dec, James A. Donald wrote: -- Saddam will be judged by his victims, who have jurisdiction enough for me. It is tempting to say that the victims have some kind of natural right to see justice done against this tyrant. The problem is that the there is no one in Iraq with legitimate

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

2003-12-19 Thread proclus
On 19 Dec, James A. Donald wrote: Well if there is no legitimate authority, then state of nature applies. Give him the justice that Mussolini and Ceasescu got. Hang him by his feet from a lamp post in central Baghdad for his victims to use as pinata This would be an argument that the

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

2003-12-19 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 19 Dec 2003 at 10:11, Sunder wrote: That all depends on your definition of sovereign. After all, we put, or at least helped, that monster into power. No we did not. in 1958 pro soviet socialists gained ascendency in Iraq, but a power struggle proceeded between the communist and

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

2003-12-19 Thread Steve Schear
At 11:06 AM 12/19/2003, Michael Kalus wrote: I'll have a look at it. But I guess you also tell me that anything Michael Moore said in Bowling for Columbine is wrong too? http://www.hardylaw.net/Truth_About_Bowling.html We are much beholden to Machiavelli and others that write what men do, not

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

2003-12-19 Thread James A. Donald
-- James A. Donald: Every citation Chomsky gives is fraudulent. I recently posted a paragraph by paragraph examination of one of his more notorious articles. Every single citation he gave was false in some central and crucial way. See my very long posting:

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

2003-12-19 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 18 Dec 2003 at 21:57, J.A. Terranson wrote: Yet, I shed and continue to shed tears for a race of people that refuses to respect the rights of men and their nations. Like the Soviets. Or [now], the Americans... Such high moral sentiments from someone who claims that Americans

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

2003-12-19 Thread Michael Kalus
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The west, including the US traded and continues to trade heavily with Castro, yet somehow that does not lead you to believe they think Castro a good guy, nor does it lead you to believe they are actively supporting him. I don't think Castro is a

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

2003-12-19 Thread Michael Kalus
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 18-Dec-03, at 9:34 PM, James A. Donald wrote: -- On 18 Dec 2003 at 15:42, Michael Kalus wrote: By January 1984, /The Washington Post/ was reporting that the United States had told friendly nations in the Persian Gulf that the defeat of

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

2003-12-19 Thread Michael Kalus
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 National Sovereignty, like the divine right of kings, just is not taken seriously any more, and the only people weeping big salt tears about its passing are those who enthusiastically hailed all the Soviet violations of it as wars of national

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

2003-12-19 Thread cubic-dog
On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Michael Kalus wrote: I'll have a look at it. But I guess you also tell me that anything Michael Moore said in Bowling for Columbine is wrong too? Not wrong exactly, just completely biased, wrong headed, snuffling at the ass of anti-gun Hollywood so it would be hailed in

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

2003-12-19 Thread Michael Kalus
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 19-Dec-03, at 2:35 PM, James A. Donald wrote: -- On 18 Dec 2003 at 21:57, J.A. Terranson wrote: Yet, I shed and continue to shed tears for a race of people that refuses to respect the rights of men and their nations. Like the Soviets. Or

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

2003-12-18 Thread Tyler Durden
. The US is there in Saudi, Israel, Iraq, and wherever...not the French, not the Italians, and not the Chinese or the Russians. -TD From: Anatoly Vorobey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention? Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 01:08:46 +0200 On Wed, Dec

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

2003-12-18 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 17 Dec 2003 at 22:54, Michael Kalus wrote: No, but it is very interresting that all of this didn't matter while Saddam was the good guy for our causes (and by that I mean the Western world general). You are making up your own history. When Saddam came to power, he seized western

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

2003-12-18 Thread Michael Kalus
James A. Donald wrote: -- On 17 Dec 2003 at 22:54, Michael Kalus wrote: No, but it is very interresting that all of this didn't matter while Saddam was the good guy for our causes (and by that I mean the Western world general). You are making up your own history. Am I? The west

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

2003-12-18 Thread Jim Dixon
On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, James A. Donald wrote: On 17 Dec 2003 at 22:54, Michael Kalus wrote: No, but it is very interresting that all of this didn't matter while Saddam was the good guy for our causes (and by that I mean the Western world general). You are making up your own history. When

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

2003-12-18 Thread Jim Dixon
On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, BillyGOTO wrote: On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 07:18:04PM +, Jim Dixon wrote: Relevant numbers from the Times today, quoting Air Force Monthly, January 2003: from 1980 to 1990 Iraq imported 28.9 billion pounds worth of weapons. 19% by value were from France; 57% from

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

2003-12-18 Thread BillyGOTO
On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 07:18:04PM +, Jim Dixon wrote: Relevant numbers from the Times today, quoting Air Force Monthly, January 2003: from 1980 to 1990 Iraq imported 28.9 billion pounds worth of weapons. 19% by value were from France; 57% from the Soviet Union (ie Russia), East Germany,

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

2003-12-18 Thread Daniel Roethlisberger
Jim Dixon [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-12-18/19:18]: 19% by value were from France; 57% from the Soviet Union (ie Russia), East Germany, and Czechoslovakia; 8% from China. [...] It is not coincidental that the Security Council members opposed to taking any action on Iraq's repeated violations were

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

2003-12-18 Thread Michael Kalus
Jim Dixon wrote: On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, James A. Donald wrote: On 17 Dec 2003 at 22:54, Michael Kalus wrote: No, but it is very interresting that all of this didn't matter while Saddam was the good guy for our causes (and by that I mean the Western world general). You are making up

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

2003-12-18 Thread Jim Dixon
On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Michael Kalus wrote: BTW, can you provide me with a reference for the dangling bodies'? Because I was unable to find anything on this so far. I was travelling in the area (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey) at the time. In the 1960s the usual overland traveller's

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

2003-12-18 Thread Jim Dixon
On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Daniel Roethlisberger wrote: 19% by value were from France; 57% from the Soviet Union (ie Russia), East Germany, and Czechoslovakia; 8% from China. [...] It is not coincidental that the Security Council members opposed to taking any action on Iraq's repeated

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

2003-12-18 Thread proclus
I would like to throw in with the OTO gunners here. If you are interested in an expanded and predictive analysis, check here. US aggression leads predictably to bad results: Take action to stop the war now http://proclus.tripod.com/radical/wartext4.html I wrote it in April, while US bombs were

RE: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-18 Thread Trei, Peter
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to throw in with the OTO gunners here. [...] OTO Ordo Templi Orientalis? You don't mean *that*, do you? I suspect I'm suffering from acronym overloading. Peter

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

2003-12-18 Thread proclus
I would like to throw in with the OTO gunners here. If you are interested in an expanded and predictive analysis, check here. US aggression leads predictably to bad results: Take action to stop the war now http://proclus.tripod.com/radical/wartext4.html I wrote it in April, while US bombs were

RE: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-18 Thread proclus
On 18 Dec, Trei, Peter wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to throw in with the OTO gunners here. [...] OTO Ordo Templi Orientalis? You don't mean *that*, do you? Why not? I suspect I'm suffering from acronym overloading. I was simply agreeing with the post of Eric

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

2003-12-18 Thread J.A. Terranson
On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Jim Dixon wrote: huge snip The evidence points to deep ties between Russia, France, and Iraq that goes back decades, plus somewhat weaker ties to China and Germany. Relations between the US and Baath-controlled Iraq were bad from the beginning; American bodies dangling

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

2003-12-18 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 18 Dec 2003 at 15:42, Michael Kalus wrote: By January 1984, /The Washington Post/ was reporting that the United States had told friendly nations in the Persian Gulf that the defeat of Iraq would be contrary to U.S. interests. That sent the message that America would not object to

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

2003-12-18 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 18 Dec 2003 at 19:09, J.A. Terranson wrote: And all of this is meaningless: we simply had no right to invade a foreign, *sovereign* nation. Although you probably do not know it, you are invoking the rules of the peace of Westphalia. The Soviet Union never respected the peace of

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

2003-12-18 Thread J.A. Terranson
On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, James A. Donald wrote: On 18 Dec 2003 at 5:40, privacy.at Anonymous Remailer wrote: I think you might have forgotten about the other half the system, due process. Even if you KNOW something, you've got to go through the motions. Different rules apply in war. One

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

2003-12-18 Thread J.A. Terranson
On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, James A. Donald wrote: Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 19:34:00 -0800 From: James A. Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention? -- On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, James A. Donald wrote: Different rules apply in war. J.A.

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

2003-12-18 Thread J.A. Terranson
On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, James A. Donald wrote: On 18 Dec 2003 at 19:09, J.A. Terranson wrote: And all of this is meaningless: we simply had no right to invade a foreign, *sovereign* nation. Although you probably do not know it, you are invoking the rules of the peace of Westphalia. The

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

2003-12-18 Thread privacy.at Anonymous Remailer
On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, BillyGOTO wrote: Nice, but the problem still remains: At this point it doesn't matter what he has done (or we say he has done). This is not a punishment. Innocent until proofen guilty anyone? This is the basis for the enlightened western society, no? This isn't a ski

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

2003-12-18 Thread James A. Donald
-- Michael Kalus: he [Saddam] is shown and paraded on TV (and don't tell me he wasn't because showing a man in his state, showing how he gets examined is clearly an attempt to break the morale). James A. Donald; Secondly; It is being overly sensitive about the feelings of those poor

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

2003-12-18 Thread Eric Cordian
James A, Donald writes: I see: So when the US army is so unkind as to film Saddam acting submissive, this is a shocking violation of his human rights, and your bleeding heart feels for him deeply. But when, however, people fly a plainload of passengers into two tall buildings and murder

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

2003-12-18 Thread Michael Kalus
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Human Rights Watch, Amnesty, and countless Iraqi refugees all report similar stories of widespread torture and murder. Is it your position that these are all propagandists? Dismissing as propaganda any reports that oppose your argument,

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

2003-12-18 Thread Tyler Durden
. The US is there in Saudi, Israel, Iraq, and wherever...not the French, not the Italians, and not the Chinese or the Russians. -TD From: Anatoly Vorobey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention? Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 01:08:46 +0200 On Wed, Dec

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

2003-12-18 Thread Anonymous Sender
Harmon Seaver wrote: This isn't a ski mask burglary. We KNOW Saddam ruled Iraq. We KNOW what crimes were committed. Simple syllogism. No we don't. We only know what the propaganda mills have told us. Twenty years ago it was a different story. The propaganda mills were working for

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

2003-12-18 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 17 Dec 2003 at 22:54, Michael Kalus wrote: No, but it is very interresting that all of this didn't matter while Saddam was the good guy for our causes (and by that I mean the Western world general). You are making up your own history. When Saddam came to power, he seized western

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

2003-12-18 Thread BillyGOTO
On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 07:18:04PM +, Jim Dixon wrote: Relevant numbers from the Times today, quoting Air Force Monthly, January 2003: from 1980 to 1990 Iraq imported 28.9 billion pounds worth of weapons. 19% by value were from France; 57% from the Soviet Union (ie Russia), East Germany,

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

2003-12-18 Thread Michael Kalus
James A. Donald wrote: -- On 17 Dec 2003 at 22:54, Michael Kalus wrote: No, but it is very interresting that all of this didn't matter while Saddam was the good guy for our causes (and by that I mean the Western world general). You are making up your own history. Am I? The west

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

2003-12-18 Thread Jim Dixon
On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, James A. Donald wrote: On 17 Dec 2003 at 22:54, Michael Kalus wrote: No, but it is very interresting that all of this didn't matter while Saddam was the good guy for our causes (and by that I mean the Western world general). You are making up your own history. When

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

2003-12-18 Thread Jim Dixon
On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, BillyGOTO wrote: On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 07:18:04PM +, Jim Dixon wrote: Relevant numbers from the Times today, quoting Air Force Monthly, January 2003: from 1980 to 1990 Iraq imported 28.9 billion pounds worth of weapons. 19% by value were from France; 57% from

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

2003-12-18 Thread Daniel Roethlisberger
Jim Dixon [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-12-18/19:18]: 19% by value were from France; 57% from the Soviet Union (ie Russia), East Germany, and Czechoslovakia; 8% from China. [...] It is not coincidental that the Security Council members opposed to taking any action on Iraq's repeated violations were

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

2003-12-18 Thread Michael Kalus
Jim Dixon wrote: On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, James A. Donald wrote: On 17 Dec 2003 at 22:54, Michael Kalus wrote: No, but it is very interresting that all of this didn't matter while Saddam was the good guy for our causes (and by that I mean the Western world general). You are making up

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

2003-12-18 Thread proclus
I would like to throw in with the OTO gunners here. If you are interested in an expanded and predictive analysis, check here. US aggression leads predictably to bad results: Take action to stop the war now http://proclus.tripod.com/radical/wartext4.html I wrote it in April, while US bombs were

RE: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-18 Thread Trei, Peter
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to throw in with the OTO gunners here. [...] OTO Ordo Templi Orientalis? You don't mean *that*, do you? I suspect I'm suffering from acronym overloading. Peter

RE: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-18 Thread proclus
On 18 Dec, Trei, Peter wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to throw in with the OTO gunners here. [...] OTO Ordo Templi Orientalis? You don't mean *that*, do you? Why not? I suspect I'm suffering from acronym overloading. I was simply agreeing with the post of Eric

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

2003-12-18 Thread Jim Dixon
On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Michael Kalus wrote: BTW, can you provide me with a reference for the dangling bodies'? Because I was unable to find anything on this so far. I was travelling in the area (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey) at the time. In the 1960s the usual overland traveller's

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