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Originally Posted by Botnst
Go reread the line of argument that you attempted to advance in which you excused the bloody murder of whomever the Al Qaedistas could capture because the American colonies behaved in the same fashion against the English soldiers during the Revolutionary War for Independence.
Ignoring the part about Washington's men behaving in a similar fashion to Bin Laden's (I don't recall the precise number of civilians that Washington tortured, I expect you must have the figures or you wouldn't have advanced such a specious argument), you opined that they colonies didn't follow the Geneva Conventions. Well no shirt, Sherlock, there wasn't any Geneva Conventions back then. Asking them to abide by that which wouldn't exist for another 50 years (in it's early form) is a high bar, indeed.
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Careful, you'll sprain your back from such contortions. The part I was referring to, surprised it wasn't obvious, was the practice of some of the Yankees of fighting w/o the benefit of a uniform and then melting back into the population.
The notion that it is fine and dandy and will further our interests to imprison, for virtually a life sentence, ignorant fools from Afg. and Pak. because they were fighting out of uniform boggles my mind.
Doesn't matter that there was no GC at that time (Rev. war) -- point is, it's human nature to use whatever you have at your disposal to defeat a more powerful foe. Not pretty but there it is.
German undercover agents in plain clothes are far different than Afg/Pak dudes in their own country.
Again, you are unable to recognize a simple truth, instead contorting words and arguments in an attempt to hang onto your supposed superior knowledge on all matters.
10-23-2007, 08:13 PM
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