Is it legal to waterboard our soldiers if they are captured? Why hasn't any Senator asked that

[OregonBlue]

question? It's pretty obvious that if the answer is no, then it's not legal for us either.

[TwilightGardener]

1. I think the Geneva Conventions are supposed to cover our soldiers

if they're held by another nation's army--if it's stateless terrorists, I imagine they would just do whatever they wanted. That's the rationale behind our new torture policy for "enemy combatants"--they're not soldiers, so they don't fall under the Geneva Conventions. At least, this is my understanding.

[madrchsod]

7. i agree...that is why that bullshit

naming the Iranian army a terrorist organization is wrong...remember most of the democrats fell into bush`s trap...

[TwilightGardener]

10. You're right, I didn't even think of that.

[Squatch]

15. They're just moving the goalposts.

[MethuenProgressive]

2. Our soldiers are executed when captured.

And I wouldn't be surprised to hear Bush is doing that too.

[wtmusic]

4. The executing is likely being done before capture

a much more defensible position.

[wtmusic]

3. If Iraq is a democracy, why can't they vote on whether we stay or not?

Whoever stands up and demands answers to these questions has my vote.

[OregonBlue]

5. agreed

[tabasco]

9. Actually, the Iraqi parliament did have a vote ...

and they voted to have us pack our shit and start unassing the AO.


http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/09/iraqis-call-for-timetable/



(AO = area of operations)

[wtmusic]

11. Thanks, did not know about this

:thumbsup:

[rjones2818]

6. Bush and Company don't give a damn...

And apparently Schumer and Feinstein don't either!

Screw 'em.

:nuke:

[Jacobin]

8. Heh heh

That's one question you'll never hear asked.

Good one, though.

[cali]

12. It has been asked

several times in Committee, and Leahy said just the other day that if an American soldier were captured and waterboarded we'd be screaming bloody murder. I can't for the life of me figure out why you or the OP think it hasn't been asked.

[Jacobin]

13. Haven't kept up

Good on them for asking.

[Hubert Flottz]

14. What about the using of the DOJ as a GOP political hit machine?

What about all the other things GONZO/ROVE did to the DOJ? What about the Duke Cunningham case?