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From: Eeyore on 16 Jan 2007 09:35 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > ><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message > > > >When you eventually throw off your misguided "European" issues, you may be > >able to learn some new things. For example, the articles of war which make > >up the 1948 Geneva Accords (which the US signed, remember) also cover civil > >wars (which are not nation against nation). > > And the enemy of Western Civilization hasn't signed any of those > agreements. Perhaps you should consider that and spend at least > three days considering that. Precisely which enemy ? A country or Al Qaeda ? Al Qaeda has no formal legal standing so even if 'it' or whoever they designated as their representative did sign the Geneva Convention - it would have no meaning in law. This is yet another problem with declaring war on entities that exist only in some phantom way. Graham
From: jmfbahciv on 16 Jan 2007 09:30 In article <eogiqt$9v7$9(a)leto.cc.emory.edu>, lparker(a)emory.edu (Lloyd Parker) wrote: >In article <eodhg2$8qk_002(a)s849.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>In article <eobnu0$oor$3(a)blue.rahul.net>, >> kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote: >>>In article <8af1c$45a7b0e1$4fe7610$13591(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, >>>unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >>>[...] >>>>How do you declare war on Hesbalah or al qaeda? >>> >>>You don't any more than you declare war on the Mafia. >>> >>>> If you >>>>win, who signs the surrender documents? >>> >>>When the jail door goes "clang" on them, no signing is needed. >>> >>>[....] >>>>> I agree, the conflict is far from simple. It is not a war either, >>therefore >>>>> invoking "war powers" is dishonest. >>>> >>>>For the US it is the only tool currently available. I believe >>>>UK has a strong history of dealing with Irish terrorism in >>>>precisely the same way. >>>> >>>>I'm open to hearing about some other model. There's no one to >>>>negotiate with, so what's left? >>> >>>Treat them like the IRA and or the Mafia. To help take down organized >>>crime, the RICO law was created. If tools are needed, they can be made. >> >>So you are expecting a UN jurisdiction to handle these people and >>the messes they make. Are you also willing to subject the >>Constitution to the UN charter? >> > >Actually, since we ratified the UN charter as a treaty, it already is US law. uh...No. /BAH
From: Ken Smith on 16 Jan 2007 09:36 In article <65bee$45acd105$4fe713a$26561(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >Ken Smith wrote: > > >> It is funny the places where a quip can land us sometimes isn't it. You >> are right that I would have a great deal of trouble pressing the "launch" >> button. Also, however, as I have pointed out here before, it is a well >> known and completely uninteresting fact that I can't spell. > >Just so you know, there are two words, affect and effect. Yes, I know. Unfortunately they both have round sort of letters at the start. -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge
From: Eeyore on 16 Jan 2007 09:36 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > I guess another thing I need to think about is why people > cannot consider the notion that there is a civilization conflict. Try culture rather than civilisation. Graham
From: Eeyore on 16 Jan 2007 09:38
jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Congress just passed a bill that cause all food processing to be > moved to foreign lands. Does this bill have a name ? Graham |