Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Decency?
“Well, I'm a Democrat, and I'll say it: anyone we capture on a battlefield should be subject to the minimum standards of decency outlined in the Geneva Conventions.”
The above statement was made by prominent leftie blogger Kevin Drum. And unfortunately Drum misses the point of the Geneva Conventions. The Geneva Conventions protect uniform soldiers. They do not apply to criminals or terrorists.
This is not simply a semantic debate. What Drum misunderstands is the agreement between civilized nations. They have agreed that in war Soldiers have a modicum of rights. They have not decided that anyone who straps explosives to their chest is a Soldier.
P.S. I believe Drum is making a logical error. He is not trying to equate terrorists to Soldiers. I think it is about time that the writers in the blogosphere acknowledge their differences without character assassination.
