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To: thames_sider who wrote (2386)	3/13/2002 2:07:45 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 21057

I'm not objecting to their detention - I object to the arbitrary decree that they are covered neither by civilian protections, nor by the Geneva conventions. Its not arbitrary. Al-Qaeda detainees truly aren't covered by either. However their treatment has been consistent with the Geneva convention. If they where abused it would be a violation of the spirit of the Geneva convention (and it would simply be wrong, which I think is probably more important). Tim

To: thames_sider who wrote (2386)	3/13/2002 2:40:35 PM
From: bela_ghoulashi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

>> so little respect in the world at large << Honestly, Thames, I don't understand what's so respectable about everyone else. The rest of the world is no more moral and not a whit less hypocritical than we are.

To: thames_sider who wrote (2386)	3/13/2002 2:55:24 PM
From: Bald Eagle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

thames, I think you are totally wrong here. The kidnappers of Pearl would have killed him no matter what the US was doing, IMO. What about the poor US guy who fell out of a helicopter and was promptly executed. Where was the Geneva convention there? The guys in Guantanamo are being given medical treatment for injuries and illnesses not even related to the war. Also, coming from a Brit, after the way the IRA was treated in the internment camps, I really don't believe you (and me, for that matter) have the moral high ground to criticize US treatment of prisoners.