[Xantar]

Originally Posted by Crash

yeah, I agree... the geneva convention should not be broken.. because then americans would be hated more than ever.

but something has to be done... it is an unfair war, and its causing american lives (about 1700 as of now)

my dad's regiment - 3rd ACR out of colorado... has had a crapload of casualties for one post. why? roadside bombs, suicide bombs and plain "what-were-they-thinking"

how do you fight an enemy that doesn't fight like you do?

think brittish in revolutionary war... 'but they aren't fighting the way they are supposed to...., they are hiding and wearing camoflage'

what happened to them? well, they didn't get their job done, because they were too concerned with doing it like a gentleman.

now, we're too concerned with "doing it polically correct" and its not good for us. That's all I'm saying.

Don't look now, but all of that suggests that maybe, just maybe, some folks in the government didn't have a totally clear idea of how to carry the war in Iraq through to its conclusion.

So how do you fight an enemy that doesn't fight like you, Crash? Do you have some suggestions for our troops?

3) All muslim detainees, including those that we hold that were involved in the 9/11 attack, are given many priveledges including a Quran and food that is cooked and treated to Islamic specifications (in fact the meals that detainees receive are considerably more expensive than ones we feed our own troops). Detainees that have been cooperative have even been taken on boat trips and given BBQ dinners and other amenities.

Which is all beside the point because these detainees were imprisoned without a right to counsel nor reasonable expectation of a timely trial or even knowing what they are suspected of doing. Spare me all the talk about barbecue dinners and having surgical masks to hang the Quran off the ground because that's all just blowing smoke. What if there's somebody totally innocent in there? The problem with the way we're detaining people is there's no way we'd even know if there were innocent people in there. If I were detained without being able to talk to anybody or even face my accusers, somehow I don't think that having expensive food served to me would be much comfort.