Nbadan
05-28-2007, 03:35 PM
Geneva or other-wise...
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"Capture one of these killers, and he'll be quick to demand the protections of the Geneva Convention and the Constitution of the United States," "Yet when they wage attacks or take captives, their delicate sensibilities seem to fall away."
Isn't his argument like saying, "If the mob tortures and kills your closest relatives in order to get you to talk, then the U.S. govt. should be allowed to do the same thing because that is what they do."
http://pekingduck.org/archives/darth_cheney-thumb.jpg
"Capture one of these killers, and he'll be quick to demand the protections of the Geneva Convention and the Constitution of the United States," "Yet when they wage attacks or take captives, their delicate sensibilities seem to fall away."
Isn't his argument like saying, "If the mob tortures and kills your closest relatives in order to get you to talk, then the U.S. govt. should be allowed to do the same thing because that is what they do."