Posted by jay on March 13, 2005, at 12:50:29
In reply to 1925 Geneva Convention -- anyone know..., posted by Racer on March 11, 2005, at 16:45:37
> Does anyone here know, off hand, if the US has ever ratified the Geneva Conventions? Just suddenly curious about it...
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>Yes the U.S. did, and in reference to Afghanistan, etc, they got around the protocols by labeling people "enemy combatents", rather than "Prisoner's Of War". Most International politics experts think this an abuse of the GC, and outright disagree with the U.S. move. Does the U.S. care, though?...hmmm
Jay
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