Rogue terror state violates Geneva Convention

[Alan Olsen]

On Sun, 13 Jan 2002, Declan McCullagh wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 01:13:41AM +0800, F. Marc de Piolenc wrote:
> > I'll say it again - these are not prisoners of war! 
> 
> This is the heart of the matter. If the detainees are determined
> to be POWs, that triggers a certain level of legal protection.
> So far, it seems as though the U.S. is saying they are not but
> we'll extend them some of the benefits because we're nice guys.

The current administration keeps waffling on if this is a war or not.

When it suits their purposes (getting money out of congress, censoring the 
press, and trampling on the constitution and bill of rights) it is a War.  
When it does not suit their purposes (like how they treat prisoners), it 
is not a War.

Speaking of "Missing In Action"...

Anyone know what Cheany is up to? 

If life imitates the movies, we are either seeing a remake of "Dave" or 
"Weekend At Bernies".

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