Isn't George Bush's attempt to rewrite The GENEVA CONVENTION?

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an obvious request for a pass from being prosecuted for war crimes?

Good news. For today we are still free! to call our representatives:
202-224-3121 Call and tell them to UPHOLD GENEVA! Article 3:
1.treatment, also allows for fair trails!
Bush and his cronies want to rewrite Geneva to cover themselves!
Supporting anything that weakens Geneva by allowing fro unfair trails and ill-treatment of people is not only unAmerican , but inhuman and AGAINST THE CURRENT INTERNATIONAL LAWS! Get it?
1. Bush wants to authorize unfair trials that would allow the accussed to be convicted on teh basis of secret evidence
. Bush wants to allow interrogation techniques that amount to torture and ill-treatment, can you guess why?
3. Bush and his cronies want to undermone the "fundamental right of judicial review through habeeas corpus proceedings for anyone in detention
4. Bush wants to codify a broad definition of
"unlawful enemy combatant" that would grant expansive power to the Executive to detain people.
5. Bush wants to establish retroactive immunity...CALL

First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out~ I am not a communist.
Then they came for the the socialists, and I did not speak out~I am not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out~I am not a trade unionist!
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out~ I am not a Jew!
Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out!
Bush and his cronies have rewritten fundamental freedoms out of the US Constitution while you have been sleeping and now they want Geneva!202-224-3121
I keep thinking of Dr. Fraklin H. Littell, thank you doctor for taking the high road!

"Men have died and worms have eaten them but noe for love"~M. Fuchs

Answer 1

I am EXTREMELY uncomfortable with what President Bush is proposing, except that we are about the only country that actually goes by the Geneva Convention anyway. Certainly the Muslims beheading American citizens that are in theater attempting to rebuild their country have no care for it. It's just that two wrongs seldom make a right.

Answer 2

No George Bush is not attempting to re write the Geneva Conventions. In fact, the Geneva Conventions do not even apply to those that have been apprehended in the wars or Afganistan and Iraq.

One of the very basic premises of the Conventions is that combatants must be in uniform and aligned with a political entity. None of these captured terrorist have been in uniform. Therefore, THE CONVENTIONS DO NOT APPLY.

Liberal activist judges along with the proven communist affiliated ACLU struck yet again when they ruled that the detained terrorists are protected under the Geneva Conventions. It is political correctness run amuck. The world is now nearly saturated with it and political correctness is going to take down this country and put the world into mass chaos.

Some in this country and around the world are more fixated on avoiding hurting someones feelings than we are on doing the right thing. Even if it costs human lives. ie US soldiers.

Basic human rights are one thing. Hurting feelings are another. This country needs to get back to doing what's right. And often times, in fact usually, political correctness is not the right thing, but the wrong thing to do.

Ever heard of tough love?

Answer 3

The answer is no, what the administration seeks is a clarification on the Geneva Convention as to the determination of who is to be considered a prisoner of war. The term prisoner of war implies certain protections under the Geneva Convention. Primarily that POWs cannot be compelled to answer questions. They are required to give name, rank, and serial number. Terrorists are currently classified as enemy combatants. Enemy combatants amount to stateless mercenaries, and do not fall under the protections of the Geneva Convention. The debate centers around whether or not we can interrogate captured terrorists, and whether they are subject to prosecution by military tribunals. POWs are not normally prosecuted in any form. They are held in POW camps until such time as there is a cessation of hostilities at which time they are released back to their country of origin or citizenship. The president is not subject to war crimes prosecution at this time, and will not be at any time in the future. This is not a precedent that we will allow to happen. The reason is because it would hamper the United States ability to conduct military affairs in general.

Answer 4

It's certainly no worse than his attempts to demolish the Bill of Rights. As a matter of fact, I'd say they fit right together. He calls Saddam Hussein Hitler, then proceeds to make Hitler look like a choir boy. He could easily use the anti-terrorist laws to attack anyone who speaks out against him just by labeling them a "terrorist" and hold them without the right to legal counsel. He uses the threat of terrorism to try to make people willingly give up their rights and privacy. He can already use sattelite imaging to see people through buildings and they can read a newspaper from space if they want to. Now he wants cameras everywhere to monitor everyones movements all the time. It's a lot like the book "1984" by George Orwell.

Love, Hope, Peace, & Christ Be With You,

Cal-el & Swissy

Answer 5

Nice try.

Anyone who can read the news, or just watch it, knows he wants a firm elaboration on Article 3 of the Geneva Convention as it is an open interpretation right now.

Answer 6

I think bush is one of the biggest problems we have at the minute. So that part is agreed and he needs to be removed from office. No fight with you there if that is what you are saying.

But as far as doing what it takes to keep my family safe is just fine with me. If we have to poke out some eyes or cut off some fingers and maybe even pull out finger nails one at a time then that is ok if it protects us from the evil that Islam has proven it is made of.

Maybe the next attack will be at your house and you will understand .. Well no you won't because you can't think if you head is not attached to your body. If they are nice they will kill your whole family fast and at the same time so they do not suffer too badly.

Answer 7

Don't you know if the Geneva Convention gets rewritten to allow ill treatment of POW it also allows for our soldiers go get ill treated as well. The Geneva Convention applies to any war any soldier.
The president is not asking for it to be CLARIFIED he is asking for it to be rewritten so the US Soldiers that have tortured POW would not get sanctioned. Instead of calling someone a smuck read an article a book crap read a damn fortune cookie..get a clue moron.

Answer 8

He's not asking to have it re-written, you schmuck! He's insisting it be clarified. What exactly does degrading treatment mean when you're dealing with animals who chop off the heads of people who don't agree with them or strap on explosive vests which they detonate on buses and in crowded open air markets? Why should their be a double standard? The muslims don't apply the geneva conventions to their enemies. Why should we allow them to be protected by it?

Answer 9

It says in the Geneva Convention that a person who does not have a uniform on CAN be shot as a spy! Yet Presidend Bush has not done that.

Answer 10

George W. Bush wants everything changed to benefit him. He has tried in many ways to take away our freedoms and now this.
He doesn't care about The Constitution (remember his, "It's just a goddamned piece of paper"?)