Geneva Conventions

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Originally posted by depmats
Then why are they there? I don't deny that there are mistakes made, but get real. This is not a prison full of innocent by-standers. They are there for a reason.

The short response so that George Jr could even read it. They are there because no reason exists to ask any questions. Just throw anyone who looks strange in torture prisons - such as Reuter Journalists. They are reporting the news. They must be evil. Torture them because that is the concept advocated by the George Jr administration.

Reality. Guantanamo Bay says throw everyone in jail. That way we might catch one bad guy. Clearly the laws and Geneva Convention are wrong and evil. This is a different war. Therefore we must destroy our principles - just like Westmoreland repeatedly said in Vietnam.

Laws only protect the bad guys. After all, there are only good guys and bad guys. Anyone who is not a good guy must be guilty. Torture him till he admits his guilt. Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition - which is what we are talking about. Prisons full of innocent by-standers (90% is the published figure) and a few guilty ones.