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Why have we been able to function under the Geneva convention for more than 50 years without a need to "clarify" the supposedly "vague" provisions? Maybe we never did the kind of treatment of prisoners, before, that's happening now? I'm not sure that's progress.

You are wrong about not having them clarified before. Cong. Rec. S17486-01 (daily ed., Oct. 27, 1990)

President Bush is trying to clarify the definitions for noncombatants. As far as WWII goes,the Japanese internment camps might meet the definition of inhumane and degrading treatment. Today the terms Jap and Kraut might be considered degrading.

Japanese internment camps might meet the definition of inhumane and degrading treatment. """

Were the internees ever forced to remove their clothes and pile up on each other, naked? Were any of them waterboarded? Were any of them forced to crouch in a corner while a dog barked at him? Were any of them forced to masterbate and photographed while doing so?