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To: Elroy who wrote (225807)	3/31/2007 12:05:22 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

The above quote of mine that you copied was a remark aimed at the supreme illogic of saying that Al Qaeda taking out a city (Al Qaeda operatives being non-state actors who disguise themselves) has anything to do with GC treatment of prisoners. It wasn't supposed to have anything to do with Iran. I didn't advocate silence, if you recall. But don't let it trouble you that you didn't actually pay attention to what I wrote. I get the feeling this is just an exercise in futility. I continue to feel the upholding the GC are as much about the country that upholds them, as they are about some "trade" in favors with other countries. I would not want to think my country wanted to trade in the suffering of captives in that particular way, not even as a tit for tat.

To: Elroy who wrote (225807)	3/31/2007 1:13:40 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

But if Iran is going to throw out the GC when they capture Brits, they should be made aware they forfeit any claim to the same benefits for their own military. How the Iranians are actually treated is another matter, up to the Brits. Hopefully there won't even be a confrontation so it will be a non-issue, but there should be some penalty for the Iranian disregard for the GC. Silence aint it. Silence is definitely not golden in this case. I would add that if you examine the behavior of Iran and Hizbullah (a kind of wholy-owned subsidiary of the Iranian government) over the past 30 years, you will see a long pattern snatching hostages as bargaining chips and executing terrorist attacks, with very little price paid for it. Certainly no price high enough to make the regime have second thoughts about the worth of the tactic.