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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: E. T. who wrote (222601)1/27/2002 2:57:10 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston  Read Replies (3) of 769670
 
A serious look at Powell's stand on POW status reveals no belief that they are, simply that the world is easily confused on this and it would protect our soldiers, IMO a bit of wishful thinking on his part. I'm reading a book on POW's in the Philippine's and the treatment of POW's there was a complicated matter and would have been even if the Japanese had agreed to the Geneva Convention. A lot depended on how a soldier was treated within his own army. If a soldier could be beaten the POW's didn't stand a chance. If they were left to scrounge for half their rations, Japanese soldiers were not inclined to worry about starving prisoners. If they were expected to march twice as far as their American counterparts because they had no motor transport then prisoners who could not keep up were kicked to the side of the road. Trickle down....it's human nature.

Secretary of State Colin L. Powell is taking the position that the United States should refrain from conferring POW status on the detainees but
nevertheless should accord them the protections of the Geneva Conventions. The officials said he has taken that position because he wants to ensure
that irregular U.S. military forces captured in battle are covered by the conventions and treated humanely.
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