[BritExPatInFla]

It is a War Crime according to the Geneva Convention to fail to wear identifiable uniforms. That's a silly observation to make. If some foreign country invaded my neighborhood today, I don't even own an "identifiable uniform" to wear while I sniped at them from my bedroom window. Would the Geneva Convention find it more acceptable for me to wear my hockey team's colors than my pajamas? I'd also point out that under these standards it would also be a "war crime" for the U.S. to have private security contractors operating in a place like Iraq. I'm sure those guys aren't dressed like the typical security guard at an office building in New York or Chicago.

Even better yet, judging by the same standards that Bush used to put the terrorists in Gitmo, you would probably be considered an enemy combatant, not a POW if taken ito custody, and therefore not subject to he Geneva convention's protections (Unless your captors decided to abide by it voluntarily, as GWB did). Why in the hell didn't Bush simply go to congress for a REAL declaration of war, we could lock these animals up & keep 'em as POWs as long as necessary? Instead all we have to fall back on is that damn 'authorizaton to enforce the UN resolution'. A war declaration would have made things a hell of a lot easier in prosecuting the 'War' on Terror.

[Alberta's Child]

Great post.

Bush couldn't go to Congress for a real declaration of war because the U.S. hasn't waged war to defeat and destroy its enemies in 60 years. When you're waging war to build an empire, destroying things is actually counter-productive.