U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

[Kevin Elliott]

At 11:00 +0100  on  12/19/03, Nomen Nescio wrote:
>After WWI the "winners" humiliated the loosers badly. This is one of 
>the main reasons Hitler came to power and got support from the 
>Germans for the aggressions that started the war. He managed to use 
>these feelings of being treated as dogs and paying to heavy for the 
>first war. Also they were very humiliated by the fact that France 
>then occupied part of western Germany.
>
>After WWII the "winners" had learned their lesson from WWI pretty 
>well. Now they did not humilate the people of Germany like after the 
>first war. We got the Marshal plan and so on.
>
>Let's face it: not even the Nazi war criminals were treated in the 
>way Saddam has been treated.
>
>Is this something U.S. should feel comfortable with then? Some 
>people on this list seem to have these disturbing thoughts.
>
>It will backfire sooner or later I'm afraid. And then it may be our 
>kids who pay the price.

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