From: "Dave Ings" 

This is pretty close to my own point of view. I've always had trouble with
the idea of papering over the inherent barbarism of war with a thin veneer
of laws, customs and (supposedly) civilized means of warfare.
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Regards,
Dave Ings,
Toronto, Canada

"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
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> On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 01:38:50 -0500, "Mark"
 wrote:
>
> Gitmo proves that the "laws and customs" of war are indeed both
> fictional and mutable and that they are whatever the side with the
> most armed might says they are at the time.
>

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