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article 3 of the Geneva Convention
ARTICLE 3
In the case of armed conflict not of an
international character occurring in the territory of one of the High
Contracting Parties, each Party to the conflict shall be bound to apply, as a
minimum, the following provisions:
(1) Persons taking no active part in the
hostilities, including members of armed forces who have laid down their arms and
those placed hors de combat by sickness, wounds, detention, or any other cause,
shall in all circumstances be treated humanely, without any adverse distinction
founded on race, colour, religion or faith, sex, birth or wealth, or any other
similar criteria. To this end the following acts are and shall remain prohibited
at any time and in any place whatsoever with respect to the above-mentioned
persons:
(a) violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds,
mutilation, cruel treatment and torture; (b) taking of hostages; (c) outrages
upon personal dignity, in particular, humiliating and degrading treatment; (d)
the passing of sentences and the carrying out of executions without previous
judgment pronounced by a regularly constituted court affording all the judicial
guarantees which are recognized as indispensable by civilized peoples.
(2)
The wounded and sick shall be collected and cared for.
An impartial
humanitarian body, such as the International Committee of the Red Cross, may
offer its services to the Parties to the conflict.
The Parties to the
conflict should further endeavour to bring into force, by means of special
agreements, all or part of the other provisions of the present Convention.
The application of the preceding provisions shall not affect the legal
status of the Parties to the conflict.
George W. Bush in his first campaign for the White House in 2000 campaigned as the "compassionate conservative". His favorite philosopher was Jesus Christ He was more Christian than Jimmy Carter.
President Bush says 9/11 changed the way he sees things. How has it changed his Christianity?
The clarity he needs is still there where it's always been.
"Do unto others as you would have others do unto you." "Even as you have done it unto the least of these you've done it to me."
You say that's naive. It doesn't apply to the world we live in now
Was Jesus naive when he said, " Love your enemies" or "Be merciful even as your Father in Heaven is merciful" ? Jesus, the Anointed One, lives those words. Who knows us or the ways of this world better than he does?
"Father forgive them for they know not what they do."
He is our role model. He is our Hero.
Did he say, "Do good to those who despitefully use you except in case of war."?
In this most Christian of nations if President Bush's interrogators are adults they know right from wrong and good from evil.
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