[churchillbuff]

The Geneva Conventions were written AFTER WWII in which our enemies were somewhat civilized ""

The latest version was; the earlier version dates from the 1920s. that's the version that was in force during WWII. We didn't torture Jap or Kraut prisoners - even though Japs were thought to be plotting sabotage in Calif.

[IrishRainy]

The part that dealt in depth with POWs was written in 1949, revising the earlier one from 1927.

And where is it written that we advocate torture of prisoners? FGS, we DON'T torture them...the President is merely asking for CLARIFICATION of what we can and cannot do, to protect American interrogators.

Why are you ALWAYS on "their" side?