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anonymouscoward

It is strange to see that the US government and military is demanding that Iraq give fair treatment to pows. Isn't it a waste of time? Don't get me wrong, I believe all pows should be treated fairly. However, according to Bush's logic, Saddam is pure evil, that's why we want to destroy him for the good of Iraqi people. If Saddam does treat pows nicely, then it contradicts all the stuff Bush and American media have been trying to sell. If I am half as evil as Saddam is supposed to be, I will not care about "Geneva Convention" after knowing someone tried to cut my head off during my sleep (i.e. Operation Decapitation). I remember a lot of discussions in the American Media on whether or not we should torture suspected terrorists to get information out of them, and most people agreed we should do it. But Americans are considered terrorists by a lot of people in the world right now.

Nish Nishant

AnonymousCoward wrote: However, according to Bush's logic, Saddam is pure evil, that's why we want to destroy him for the good of Iraqi people. If Saddam does treat pows nicely, then it contradicts all the stuff Bush and American media have been trying to sell. Hmmmmm, you do have a bit of logic in there I guess... Nish

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Jeremy Falcon

Any successful businessman can tell you that you don't get what you don't ask for. I doubt SH will comply (maybe publicly only), but it never hurts to ask. Jeremy Falcon

John M Drescher

I thought the same as you about the all the complaints about fair treatment of the POWs. Saddam knows he will die when he is caught what difference will it make if he has violated the "Geneva Convention".

Paul Belikian

It would be hard for Saddam to convince his own people that he is a nice guy. Especially after the years he has murdered them, tortured them, and raped them. Forget what Saddam or even Bush says, wait for the Iraqis to speak freely and see what they say. "If Saddam does treat POWs nicely, then it contradicts all the stuff Bush and American media have been trying to sell." ...and if Saddam doesn't treat the POWs nicely he proves to the world that he is a bastard. Besides, Bush has almost guaranteed the safety of the POWs by reminding Saddam of the Geneva Convention and in front of the world. If Bush didn't mention it, those POWs would be dead by now.

Rob Graham

John M. Drescher wrote: Saddam knows he will die when he is caught Maybe we could have him cloned so we can kill him a few thousand times. Finally, an appropriate use for human clones...;P Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped. - Elbert Hubbard

Chris Losinger

FYI, there's a debate right now that the US/UK bombing of the Bagdhad TV station might be a violation of said Convention. http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,922445,00.html[^]

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Paul Belikian

Hey Chris, I guess it is a valid debate. Do you recall what the outcome was in regards to that in the Gulf War? I'm sure they knocked out the TV stations last time. From what I understand, the TV was dark for a while but was restored shortly.

Anonymously

The TV stations on both sides are just propaganda machines, I don't care if all of them are knocked out. ;-)