Friday, 18 August 2006
Ahistorical Illiterates Invade New York Times Editorial Board
Contributed by Bill Faith

"Armed Liberal" Marc Danziger at Winds of Change:

..there's really no other explanation.

Today's editorial was about "Rewriting the Geneva Conventions", and criticized Administration efforts to lawyer their way through the standards for prisoner care in such a way as to allow rougher treatment of prisoners.

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Iraq, Vietnam, Korea. In which of these wars were captured American or allied troops treated in accord with the Geneva Conventions? What is the liklihood that a future American soldier, captured by Hizbollah will meet the standards in Guantanamo?

[Read the whole thing. Hat tip: James Joyner]

Contributed by Bill Faith on August 18, 2006 at 12:46 PM in Bill Faith, Islamism Delenda Est | Permalink

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