Geneva Conventions

via RCP.

Thomas Sowell TOTALLY bitch-slaps some US Sentors on the issue of applying the Geneva conventions to groups that have absolutely no intention of following said conventions should they be so fortunate as to come into possession of Coalition troops, rather than getting their butts kicked as happens about 99% of the time.

"The issue has been brought to a head by the efforts of Senators John McCain, John Warner, and Lindsey Graham to get us to apply the rules of the Geneva convention to cutthroats who respect no Geneva convention and are not covered by the Geneva convention."

He then goes on to smack up the supreme court in the land -- for abrogating the intended will of the supposedly co-equal legislative branch of gevernment, the US Congress.

"But the issue of applying the Geneva convention to people who were never covered by the Geneva convention originated in the Supreme Court of the United States.
Article III, Section II of the Constitution gives Congress the power to limit the jurisdiction of federal courts, and Congress has specifically taken away the jurisdiction of the courts in cases involving the detention of illegal combatants, such as terrorists, who are not -- repeat, not -- prisoners of war covered by the Geneva convention. The Supreme Court ignored that law."

Ouch, that must smart. He then goes on to questions whether we in the West have the necessary willpower to finish the job against Islamic fascism. The man is on a roll. It makes me feel more than little frothy as well.

"The much larger question -- the question of survival -- is whether we have the clarity and the courage to go all-out in self-defense against those who are going all-out to destroy us, even at the cost of their own lives."

He goes on to finish with a flourish arguing that our best and only real hope of preventing future attacks is go to the source, question them as robustly as necessary, and not get all weepy about doing it.

"Our only hope is to get advance information from those we capture as to where other terrorists are and how they operate. Squeamishness about how this is done is not a sign of higher morality but of irresponsibility in the face of mortal dangers."

Amen, brother. You're preaching to the choir here!