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Jonathan Kay: The Tea Party Movement Is Full of Conspiracy Theories

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ausador2/10/2010 10:41:29 pm PST

re: #640 Bagua

Or perhaps you must, the Geneva convention (3&4) do not define an unlawful combatant. My definition is from the Military Commissions Act of 2006 which defined the term and the Celebici Act.

Do a bit of research please.

Yeah right because before that bullshit was passed enemy combatants caught out of uniform were classed as spies and could be summarily executed. They still can be, that rule has not changed, it is perfectly legal to put a gun to the back of their head and shoot them, or to hang them…

But you have never been allowed to torture them first, we hung Germans and Japanese for doing exactly that, but now because we have “high ideals and good intentions” it is ok if we do it too?

So, all you have to do is make up a new word like “unlawful combatant” and then you can write your own rules on how to treat them that include torture? Sorry but I call bullshit Bagua, it isn’t like this is the first time we have ever fought a war against an enemy that didn’t wear uniforms and hid amongst the population either, (see Vietnam).