"JJ" wrote in message
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Brenda Ann Dyer wrote:

"Brian Hill" wrote in message
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"Brenda Ann Dyer" wrote in Sorry, that's not
the
way it works. We are required to observe the Geneva

Prisoner of War Conventions.. no matter how you, or I, feel about it,
we

are

not above the law.


True we are not above the law. And another truth is we are human and in

war

these things will always happen. Catch 22.



I have no argument with your point. I was commenting on helmsman's
assertion
that the POW's should be killed.



Anyone who makes such a statement must also realize that our soldiers
can also be POWs.


Very true.. but we in the US tend to be known for maintaining a high double
standard. I imagine the same is true in other places as well.. but I can
only speak for my experience as an American with other Americans.