Guantanamo Bay, Cuba ; An Desecration of our Justice System.
I urge the reader to take in consideration these merits of war. Sounds quite like an oxymoron to have merits of war, but the world is still in the state of infancy and still hasn't developed the heart or the mind to play fair. If we recall, during the American Revolution there were "Rules of War", and within that were systems of combat like the maginot line. Any sort of guerrilla warfare was considered "not gentleman-like". These are so called rules of the past. The Geneva Conventions set a precedent and have worldwide jurisdiction. If we are agreeing to these terms of war, we need to abide by them. In our stubbornness to make ourselves the exception to the third Geneva Conventions we have made a mockery of both our justice system and the United Nations jurisdiction while under mass criticism of the entire world.
To begin, let's have a quick summary of the third Geneva Conventions regarding to prisoners of war: .
A) Prisoners of war MUST be: .
• Treated humanely with respect for their persons and their honor.
• Enabled to inform their next of kin and the Central Prisoners War Agency (ICRC, the International Red Cross) of their capture.
• Allowed to correspond regularly with relatives and to receive relief parcels.
• Allowed to keep their clothes, feeding utensils and personal effects.
• Supplied with adequate food and clothing.
• Provided with quarters not inferior to those of their captor's troops.
• Given the medical care their state of health demands.
• Paid for any work they do.
• Repatriated if certified seriously ill or wounded, (but they must not resume active military duties afterwards).
• Quickly released and repatriated when hostilities cease.
B) Prisoners of war must NOT be: .
• Compelled to give any information other than their name, age rank and service number.
Many critics, in fact, point to some of the blunders of these policies-such as Guantanamo Bay and the Iraq War-as severe violations of human rights. ... Even during the Presidential Election of 2012, Republican candidates Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul sparred over the legality and benefits of the law, demonstrating how the debate continues into the present. ...
