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Old July 5th 05, 07:19 PM
Reginald Trotsky
 
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On Mon, 4 Jul 2005 17:49:34 GMT, (Mark Zenier)
wrote:

In article .com,
Hatfield wrote:

All depends on whether they were in military uniform or not. Anyone in
combat on the battlefield who is dressed as civilian, or not otherwise
clearly displaying his side by recognizable military insignia, has
forfeited all his international rights, and is a criminal according to
international law.


That means that any group that's too poor to afford more than one
set of clothes will always be regarded as terrorists. How very
Republican.

Mark Zenier
Washington State resident

Good point Mark, but if THAT isn't the case, we will think of some
other way to categorize them as terrorists, which justifies ANY
torture we want to give them. If those were Americans we would
be thumping the table really hard... or WOULD we?