[QUOTE=Skizo]Yup imo they are opposite ends of the spectrum. However they both violate the Geneva Convention.So when allied soldiers are caught on camera/film striking poses next to combatant prisoners etc... ISo when allied soldiers are caught on camera/film striking poses next to combatant prisoners etc... I don't really give a shit.QUOTE]
All we did was humiliate our prisoners a bit. Making them do naked pyramids and stuff. Big deal. They're prisoners at least. If an American is caught, even a civilian, we see footage of his head being sawed off with a machete (spelling?) or stuff like in that video. You can't even think that the two things are equally bad and say, "I don't really give a shit." as if the two things are equal and offset each other.
Not to give Bush any credit but there is some shit in Geneva Convention that is rather outdated and soft.
It almost makes being a POW like a guest at a hotel (besides the fact you can't leave).
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