Monday, May 03, 2004
NOT MY KIND OF SOLDIERS
I'm sure everyone has heard or viewed some of the disgusting photos of the humiliation of Iraqi detainees. I'm curious though...why the hell did they take photos of what they did? What kind of an idiot commits an obvious violation of the Geneva Convention...
The Third Geneva Convention of 1949 states, in part, that, "Prisoners of war must at all times be humanely treated. Any unlawful act or omission by the Detaining Power causing death or seriously endangering the health of a prisoner of war in its custody is prohibited, and will be regarded as a serious breach of the present Convention...prisoners of war must at all times be protected, particularly against acts of violence or intimidation and against insults and public curiosity."
...and then takes pictures!
Pardon me for remembering that we live in the age of defining deviancy down, don't we? Can't we turn on the news on an occasional basis and find some young person smashing mailboxes and video taping the whole thing? Hazing incidents, other acts of brutality against other Americans have all shown up on the TV News with video tape. Isn't video-taping of sex acts by youngpeople becoming somewhat common when we hear about it?
It is not possible to explain this all away with a simple "parent like" excuse...or lawyering by slick defense lawyers outlining more excuses for their behavior...they should serve a very long stint in Leavenworth.
I'm sure everyone has heard or viewed some of the disgusting photos of the humiliation of Iraqi detainees. I'm curious though...why the hell did they take photos of what they did? What kind of an idiot commits an obvious violation of the Geneva Convention...
The Third Geneva Convention of 1949 states, in part, that, "Prisoners of war must at all times be humanely treated. Any unlawful act or omission by the Detaining Power causing death or seriously endangering the health of a prisoner of war in its custody is prohibited, and will be regarded as a serious breach of the present Convention...prisoners of war must at all times be protected, particularly against acts of violence or intimidation and against insults and public curiosity."
...and then takes pictures!
Pardon me for remembering that we live in the age of defining deviancy down, don't we? Can't we turn on the news on an occasional basis and find some young person smashing mailboxes and video taping the whole thing? Hazing incidents, other acts of brutality against other Americans have all shown up on the TV News with video tape. Isn't video-taping of sex acts by youngpeople becoming somewhat common when we hear about it?
It is not possible to explain this all away with a simple "parent like" excuse...or lawyering by slick defense lawyers outlining more excuses for their behavior...they should serve a very long stint in Leavenworth.
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