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kangarookornkid

Let's Hear It For The Bad Guys

Mar 23, 2007 22:07

Let's Hear It For The Bad Guys
March 23, 2007: If one thing never seems to go away, it is the claims of abuse and/or torture at Guantanamo Bay. The latest claim comes from an Australian detainee captured around the time of the American Taliban, Johnny Walker Lindh. In this case, the media outlet pushing the story is the ( Read more... )

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anonymous April 2 2007, 01:42:14 UTC

Let me ask you, would you want the interrogation techniques used by the US to be used by the Iranians on the British soldiers?

anonymous April 3 2007, 00:53:27 UTC

Well first let me begin by saying that if there's anything the Iranian government has proven in the last 30 years, it's that if they run out of cards to play and their "revolution" is about to fail, they can always take hostages.

Second, the British soldiers have different rights being actual soldiers for a nation state. This is according to the Geneva Conventions. Because the terrorists carry no colors, they cannot claim the rights and privileges of the Geneva Conventions.

So it's rather like comparing apples to oranges, to use a bad cliche.