Douglas Johnson wrote:
Tim Daneliuk wrote:

Douglas Johnson wrote:

Part I, Article 1, Item 1 "...torture means any act by which severe pain or
suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a
person..."
Examples include having to listen to Madonna, Sean Penn, Michael Moore, Bill
Maher, Nancy Pelosio-O, her father, Geppetobama, and Alec Baldwin.

And ditto heads and rap music and nails on a chalkboard.

"Give me a water board, Dick Chaney, and one hour. I'll have him confessing to
the Sharon Tate murders."
Right he did say that. Now, do you suppose he speaks for all SEALs, past and
present, and/or the rest of the SOGCOM community?

I have no reason to believe he was speaking for anyone other than himself.

... but there is no *legal*
reason not to when the subject is: a) Not a U.S. citizen, and b)
Operating as a non-uniformed combatant making war upon civilians.

This seems to be a common misunderstanding. The 3rd Geneva Convention defines
prisoner of war and the required treatment of them. A uniform is not required
to be a prisoner of war. The term "unlawful enemy combatant" is never used.

The 4th Geneva Convention specifies the treatment of ALL persons in occupied
territory. The UN Convention Against Torture prohibits torture on all persons.
(So do the 3rd and 4th Geneva Conventions.)

The UN Convention Against Torture does permit pain to be inflicted incidental to
legal processes. So you can shoot them, you can't torture them.

Disclaimer: I am not an international lawyer. I'm not any kind of lawyer. What
I am saying comes from a plain English reading of the original documents.

-- Doug

I shall go back and reread them ... this is not quite my recollection of
their usual meaning ...



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