Situation in Israel

[RC Mike]

Originally Posted by Desert_Seg

Per the Geneva Convention, a POW is someone captured as an enemy combatant during a time of war.

1. To be able to quote the GC you must be a signatory. Hezbollah is not.

2. Lebanon and Israel are not at war so you can't be a POW

3. Hezbollah is not a country and can't declare war (well the can but it doesn't mean anything)

4. Hezbollah KIDNAPPED those soldiers and if they die during captivity that is MURDER.

Exact reason the Supreme Court's decision on Guantonimo Bay makes absolutely no sense. The treaty only applies to signatories, and Al Queda/Hamas/Hezbolla have not signed.

As far as the Isreal situation, send planes to Damascus and finish this thing. If Iran cannot send missles that way, then they will have to send them through Cairo. Simple solution there as well. Go back to 1967 and now you have a canal as a border. Not as easy to dig tunnels to smuggle weapons under the Suez. Oh well. Wishful thinking.

Mike