From: "Mark" 

You miss my point John, whether we follow it or not, they won't. That's a
fact. So using that argument, that they'll mistreat our POWs because we
don't, as a point for why we should, isn't relevant. 


"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
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> On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 19:55:22 -0400, "Mark"
 wrote:
>
>>Has any other country at any time, in any war, ever followed the Geneva
>>Conventions in their treatment of our prisoners of war? Has any stateless
>>terrorist group ever done so? Do you really think if we hire bi-planes to
>>tow banners across the world that we absolutely follow the Geneva
>>Conventions in all cases, even when not warranted, that any less heads
>>will
>>be cut off on video?
>
> That's irrelevant.
>
> We are signatories to the Geneva Convention.  We, the United States of
> America, are either a principled nation whose word can be trusted or
> we are liars and cheats.
>
> Which do you prefer we be?
>
>>the reasoning above is simply faulty
>
> Indeed.

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