More specifically.....

Who does the Geneva Convention apply to?

The Geneva Convention (s) is a negotiated agreement between signer nations who have voluntarily agreed to abide by and therefore be protected by the terms of this agreement. Voluntary signer nations should expect to benefit from these protections, so long as they abide by these protections themselves. Non-signer nations have NOT agreed to abide by these terms and are therefore, not protected by these terms. It is that simple.

Combatants from signer nations are obligated under this agreement to meet certain conditions in order to be protected by this agreement. Specifically, protected combatants are defined as follows…

• members of the armed forces of a party to an international conflict,
  
• members of militias or volunteer corps including members of organized resistance movements as long as they have a well-defined chain of command,
  
• are clearly distinguishable from the civilian population,
  
• carry their arms openly, and obey the laws of war

Combatants do not have to meet one of these conditions in order to receive protection under the Geneva Convention (s), they must meet ALL of them. The Convention (s) goes on to state clearly, “However, other individuals, including civilians, who commit hostile acts and are captured do not have these protections.”

International terrorists do NOT meet any of the conditions stated in the Geneva Convention in order to gain protection as a known enemy combatant. They do NOT serve in any organized armed force serving any particular nation. They do NOT have any well-defined chain of command or control. They go out of their way to be indistinguishable from the civilian population and have gone so far as to disguise themselves as medical, police and press personnel. They do NOT carry arms openly or obey any set of laws. They distinguish between military and civilian targets only to the degree that they prefer attacking unarmed defenseless civilian targets as opposed to military targets. As such, they are NOT covered by the language or terms of the Geneva Convention (s).

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you stay on your own board.  Your lack of respect isn't surprising.

The solution is simple.  Go back to your freezer.  Don't let the door hit ya.

Not sure whose posts you are referring to.

Could you clarify these rules in case I do decide to refer to this country or the president in any future posts, as well anyone else posting on the liberal board?   Apparently demeaning past presidents is A-OK if the conservative board is any indication.

Barrack Obama.....however, what he did say can be applied to what Obama wants.

Bigger government gives government control over us.  Government is supposed to work for us....not control us.  Obama wants bigger government. He wants a government that has more control over us.

Taking guns away from US citizens will leave them defenseless.  Obama wants to take away our guns.

Dictators take away weapons from their people so they have nothing to fight back with....therefore leaving the dictators to do what they wish.  I do not know if Obama will in fact turn into a dictator, but I don't want him to my guns to find that out either.