At 03:47 PM 12/15/2003 +0000, Jim Dixon wrote:
On Mon, 15 Dec 2003, Anonymous wrote:
> The U.S. official's way of behaving like Texas rednecks are
> embarrassing. Not only are they cheering "we got him" like a child who
> can not withhold his enthusiasm. Displaying Saddam the way they did
> are also possibly a clear violation of the Geneva convention as far as
> I can tell.
The Geneva conventions require, among other things, that soldiers wear
uniforms. Maybe it was just the movies, but I do believe that in the
first and second world wars combatants dressed in civilian clothes were
routinely shot.
But Saddam isn't a soldier - he's a politician. He may also have
been in charge of his country's army, but he was being attacked because
of his position as a political leader.
