From: "John Beamish" 

Actually, the Geneva Conventions do apply.  The US government has
unilaterally decided that they won't pay them any heed.


"Mark"  wrote in message
news:40a6b84c$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>
> "John Cuccia"  wrote: Oh, like
the excerpt below?
> >
> > "In 2003, Rumsfeld's apparent disregard for the requirements of the
> > Geneva Conventions while carrying out the war on terror had led a
> > group...
>
> Well, see the Geneva Conventions don't apply to the Gitmo detainees, so
> right away we have a departure where they assume that if Rummy won't use
> them, that he's automatically abusing all prisoners. When the reality is
> going to be something altogether different (or not).
>
>

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