| I think the IDEA of the Geneva Conention is an excellent one. However, the convention is now incredibly antiquated and useless. Because it is so useless it can be mainipulated by any reader to push their own agenda.
Round peg of 22nd century warfare fitting into a doccument as old as the American Civil War.
No one truely obeys the Geneva convention anymore, they merely put up a facade of compliance while surreptitiously violating it.
You think America wouldn't torture top-level al-quaida leaders for information? You don't think suicide bombings against civilians are against the spirit of the Geneva convention? You think China is committed to being the poster child for the Geneva Convention and human rights? You really think your country would do so different if you where face to face with annihilation?
Rules of war have to be agreed upon by all members to be effective, otherwise they're useless just like the Geneva Convention.
Last edited by Whispering Death; March 3rd, 2006 at 07:49.
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