Should anybody be charged with a crime for torture?

[VRM]

Originally Posted by Dan40

Neither pirates nor terrorists are afforded Geneva Convention protections. The GC covers members of "Armed Forces" and non-combatant civilians members of those "Armed Forces"

Dan, actually they are. Read the bit above in purple that I already posted. There is other language in the GC that will allow people to be charged with a crime (pirates) after capture. They are also entitled to a tribunal to determine their status. The Bush administration decided that terrorists could be held indefinitely - they were ruled against a few years later. And until their status is determined they are entitled to the GC protections.

Steve

[Ronbo]

Don't feel bad about fire bombing Germany...

Don't feel bad about nuking and flame throwing the Japs...

Don't feel bad about waterboarding the towel heads...

Following "rules of war" would mean us still answering to England's current King. All wars eventually move to gurrilla-style tactics and rules for uniformed armies are lost.

We've certainly got our share of damaged people coming back from this. What does piss me off is where was all this concern when the Army thru our soldiers under the bus, Bush should have had the balls to intercede on their behalf.

Not to mention the members of the media that should have been lined up in front of a firing squad for endangering our soldiers by leaking the stuff about Abu Ghraib. You know the towel heads would be enraged, not by what was done to the prisioners, but because we had women doing it.

US law applies to US citizens, the world (namely the UN) can kiss my azz... Attack a US citizen, lose a city.