Ken Ehrett wrote:
>
> >Greg Procter wrote:
> >
> >
> >> According to the Geneva Convention, the prisoners you take while
> >> invading countries have the right to legal representation and POW
> >> status.
>
> I would also like to point out that the Geneva Convention also states
> any enemy combatant captured while engaging in hostile action against
> another military's forces who is not in uniform can be executed as a
> spy.
Can you describe the Afghanistan Taliban uniform?
Any soldier who conforms to the Taliban's uniform standards cannot be
deemed to be "out of uniform".
> According to the rules of this Geneva Convention you are so fond
> of we can line them all up and shoot them. They should be thankful we
> are sticking them all in Gitmo in the first place.
Defending one's country cannot be described as a "hostile action". |