Bush and the Geneva Convention - Page 4

bradclark1 · 09-18-06, 10:24 AM

Bush wants to change article 3 of the Geneva Convention. Bush says that it is too vague, in particular "(c) Outrages upon personal dignity, in particular, humiliating and degrading treatment;". To me it doesn't sound vague at all. Maybe he should look the words up in a dictionary. What he is doing is trying to tailor the Convention to suite the CIA's needs to extract information from terrorists. This is as wrong as wrong can be.
The GC has been around since 1929 without change and our soldiers don't need the risk of countries tailoring the convention to their specific needs. If so the convention might as well be thrown out as useless. Bush is trying to warp an international standard to fit his need for here and now after these secret prisons of his have been found out.
He is not thinking of our troops now or in future conflict's. This is another case of Bush trying to twist and corrupt for his use.
It's interesting that he stated that if this change doesn't pass, the program (I assume he mean's the secret prisons.) will be halted. Yes Mr President, if we don't play your game you'll take your ball and go home.
To me an obvious solution to his problem would be to circulate a letter of policy stating what the administration/goverment understanding of article three is and issue guidelines for interrogators to follow. That is of course unless you are ashamed of what those guidelines are and don't want them known by his fellow americans and the international community.

This is not intended to lead to a democrat vs. republican debate but a debate of right and wrong and the repurcussions facing our troops now and in the future.

Link for reading the Geneva Convention. (It's not long) http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/91.htm

09-18-06, 10:24 AM	#1
bradclark1 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Connecticut, USA. Posts: 2,794 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	Bush and the Geneva Convention Bush wants to change article 3 of the Geneva Convention. Bush says that it is too vague, in particular "(c) Outrages upon personal dignity, in particular, humiliating and degrading treatment;". To me it doesn't sound vague at all. Maybe he should look the words up in a dictionary. What he is doing is trying to tailor the Convention to suite the CIA's needs to extract information from terrorists. This is as wrong as wrong can be. The GC has been around since 1929 without change and our soldiers don't need the risk of countries tailoring the convention to their specific needs. If so the convention might as well be thrown out as useless. Bush is trying to warp an international standard to fit his need for here and now after these secret prisons of his have been found out. He is not thinking of our troops now or in future conflict's. This is another case of Bush trying to twist and corrupt for his use. It's interesting that he stated that if this change doesn't pass, the program (I assume he mean's the secret prisons.) will be halted. Yes Mr President, if we don't play your game you'll take your ball and go home. To me an obvious solution to his problem would be to circulate a letter of policy stating what the administration/goverment understanding of article three is and issue guidelines for interrogators to follow. That is of course unless you are ashamed of what those guidelines are and don't want them known by his fellow americans and the international community. This is not intended to lead to a democrat vs. republican debate but a debate of right and wrong and the repurcussions facing our troops now and in the future. Link for reading the Geneva Convention. (It's not long) http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/91.htm