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To: 2CAVTrooper
OUR TROOPS ARE UNDER THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS BECAUSE WE SIGNED THEM!

Not when our troops deal with terrorists, who are not under the protections of the Geneva Convention, since they are criminals not legal combatants.

1,024 posted on 12/25/2007 4:18:46 AM PST by fortheDeclaration (The power under the Constitution will always be in the people- George Washington)
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To: fortheDeclaration

“Not when our troops deal with terrorists, who are not under the protections of the Geneva Convention, since they are criminals not legal combatants.”

Uh, YES when we deal with terrorists.

Under the Geneva Conventions, terrorists can be covered the same way a spy or pirate is covered.

So just because we *GASP* take prisoners and either A.) Hand them over to the Iraqis or the Afghanis OR B.) We interrogate them for information ourselves so we can get intelligence on where other terrorists may be hiding.....How do you think we got zarqawi? How do you think we’re able to find weapons cashes, terrorist safehouses, and bomb factories?

But like I said earlier, I don’t expect someone such as yourself who’s never served day one in the military to understand.


1,030 posted on 12/25/2007 10:30:37 PM PST by 2CAVTrooper (ron paul has lied to YOU)
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