It certainly does, but we've seen pictures from the secound round in Iraq that are a little less than child-friendly. Doesn't have to be a prisoner or casualty to get the point across. Often it's those who have no names and no one cares about who make the greatest impression.
Also, I'd think the 'Pentagon official' should have mentioned the Geneva convention, his statement there was a little, how do we say, stupid.
And besides, it would be a fine time to pick out which laws in the Geneva Convention that the troops are going to obey when they've already broken all but the least important ones.
Sure, it's all fine and good to hold PoW's in Cuba, but we're not allowed to take pictures of the dead.
It actually has a lot more to do with the geneva convention. You're not allowed to release imagry of prisoners of casualties by international law.
ReplyDeleteIt certainly does, but we've seen pictures from the secound round in Iraq that are a little less than child-friendly. Doesn't have to be a prisoner or casualty to get the point across. Often it's those who have no names and no one cares about who make the greatest impression.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I'd think the 'Pentagon official' should have mentioned the Geneva convention, his statement there was a little, how do we say, stupid.
And besides, it would be a fine time to pick out which laws in the Geneva Convention that the troops are going to obey when they've already broken all but the least important ones.
ReplyDeleteSure, it's all fine and good to hold PoW's in Cuba, but we're not allowed to take pictures of the dead.