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To: TigerPaw who wrote (223002)1/28/2002 10:59:12 PM
From: DavesM  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 769670
 
Tigerpaw,

First of all, I believe that SOF wear uniforms (and probably other identification showing them to be U.S. soldiers).

Second, I'm sure that most SOF, SEALS understand that they will probably NOT be treated as PoWs should be treated, with respect to the Geneva Convention. Can you name a conflict in the past 50 years, where ANY captured American soldiers and sailors were NOT MISTREATED (and in violation of the Geneva Convention)? The Soviets? The Chinese? Iraq? North Korea? Vietnam?

Clearly we DO NOT treat the detainees as Americans soldiers would have been treated, or as American soldiers have been treated in the past.



To: TigerPaw who wrote (223002)1/29/2002 10:48:25 AM
From: Rollcast...  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
The beauty of that is that the US can bomb them to hell if they were to deny special forces POW status.

The BAF America haters here at home however get to play at indignation while they suck away at the freedoms other's sacrifices give them.

Perhaps you can offer to house a few of the most honorable detainees with your children... They deserve POW status so they must be highly disciplined soldiers - no risk to your family at all, right?