Quote Originally Posted by BanginJimmy
This isnt even a comparison. You are talking about combat and prisoners.



Then what are you saying?




I would hope that we would do everything in our power to avoid the mistakes of Vietnam and actually get our POWs back.





None of them are protected under the rules of the Geneva Accords. They are not wearing a recognizable uniform and they are purposefully dressing as civilians in order to blend into the population before an attack. Under those conditions they have no protections.
More to the point though, waterboarding is not considered torture by the Geneva Accords. It is considered an interrogation tactic in the same manner that sleep deprivation is as there is no chance of death or permanent damage. All it does is give you the feeling of drowning. Someone that is comfortable in water would not be susceptible to this method.

1. I was referring to the retaliation that we apply to middle eastern soldiers. I know that excessive force has been used out of anger.

2. I was implying that us torturing war criminals is not justifiable to the extremes they have used.

3. I was make a generalization in that statement. I was trying to say that we could've done everything in our power to get our POW's back.

4. Im not very familiar with specifics to the geneva accords, but im sure sodomy, beating, and etc. isn't listed in them as interrogation tactics. Before you even say that it hasn't happened, it has.