Do you think other countries like Iran and North Korea would follow the Geneva Convention rules if........?

Spirit Walker

NOPE. But the terrorists are so proud of their violations (be headings, shooting people in the head, dismemberment, etc) that they broadcast it over Middle Eastern TV and over the Internet. So, we don't have to wonder what goes on behind their doors. It is like the Korean "Police Action," or the Viet Nam War. America is the ONLY one who is expected to "play fair." The others feel free to do as they please.

revolution is brewing

Did north Korea follow the GC before?

battle-ax

No, I doubt it!

To Be

Why do you say they seem half nuts? Oh, are you just listening to how our media portrays them? Honestly, have you really listened to what they are saying in there speeches or interviews. If you listen for yourself and draw the same conclusion then fine, but if it's only based on what other people say then I give your opinion no credit. The question is too speculative to answer. I am only concerned with how we conduct our affairs.

Boring

probably not, just as the US didn't at ABu Ghraib and doesn't (through wordsmithery) at Guantanamo and by taking prisoners to countries that DO torture.

cassandra

Do you always decide how to act based on delusional tyrant states like North Korea?

In the America I grew up in, we were proud of setting high standards and the world benefitted from it.

goliathntime

Absolutely not. They are not stupid.

dorotheasosial

Those countries respect nothing and nobody, so I think they will sign the Geneva Convention but they will not put it in practice.

Answerman

So in your estimation that it ok for us to become them. Hmmmmm Not a good idea. We are bad enough without lowering ourselves to these standards.

gimpalomg

The don't, they haven't and they won't.

And you will never know about the biggest violations, as they will all be buried in shallow graves.

Ask any American with time in a POW facility. That would include WWII, Korea, Viet Nam, Iraq or any other conflict you care to select.

E&E training for soldiers going to Viet Nam was worse than anything I saw concerning Abu Grab (sorry about possible spelling errors).

Roadrunner58-79

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

turboweegie

North Korea?
They tortured our POWs during the Korean War.
They killed and tortured the crew of the Pueblo.
They routinely torture the hundreds of thousands of political prisoners they have in gulags.
Pyongyang has heedlessly stood by while millions of North Koreans have starved to death.

No, they will not magically heed the Conventions they've never signed or followed.

Iran? They're a bit schizophrenic and hard to assess. They might or they might not. They're hard to predict. But they probably would because they understand what good propaganda it would be, especially with the fawning press being so easily fooled and duped, like they were in Lebanon.

George

They will not....
Those countries are tyranic states.

But i have a question for you:
Would Pakistan & Saudi Arabia (US Allies in the Midle East)
folow the GC rules if they capture soldiers?

What is the diference between US Allies and US enemies?

tom l

Is this a serious question?

Here ,,,,, what do you think

http://www.koreanwar-educator.org/topics/atrocities.htm

.

Hey Bud, let's party!

I doubt that there is a country that has ever followed the Geneva Convention with regards to the rules of engagement and the treatment of prisoners.

toff

We never know exactly what is going on in other countries especially those we are at war with. The countries you mention (especially N Korea) might well not follow the conventions. That isn't really the point. The point is who we are. Are we the kind of country that tortures or aren't we?

rmpentecostal

So everyone knows, the geneva convention only applies to legal combatants. Terrorist are not legal combatants and if you think they deserve to be treated under the rules of the Geneva convention then you are an idiot! The rules of the GC is a give and take. Iran and North Korea as members of the UN are generally expected to follow the GC but will probably not. In a war with those two countries, the US WILL follow the GC.

Cara Arlene

Nope. No one follows rules anymore. Especially when POW's are involved.

El Pistolero Negra

Never.

da pimpsta

The geneva convention rules have been agreed upon by all the countries in the world i dont see why they would do something against it.

Tom

No. So does that make it okay for you guys to not?

Figure that one out..

edit: ah, but it is about america. 'countries like iran and n. korea'.. they are lumped together on america's axis of evil; what about zimbabwe? or brazil?

The Boot

Please! STOP! My sides are splitting!!!! The USA and liberal countries are the only ones dumb enough to do that!

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