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Originally posted by eroswebmaster
One reason for not interviewing soldiers on t.v. is out of respect and security for the family members of that soldier.
One POW's mom found out he was a POW while watching Phillipinian television. Would that be your choice of method in finding out your child was either dead, captured or missing.
Also when they force the soldiers to give out names, places where they were born etc, this now makes their family members vulnerable to attack, whether that is from terrorists, protesters, just flat out ignorant assholes or the media.
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what i'm saying is that iraqi prisoners were shown on TV BEFORE any coallition forces were even taken prisoner. it's either right or it's wrong to show them on TV end of story. Anyway i think the geneva convention states that captive prisoners shouldn't be humiliated, that's all that relates to showing them on TV. any soldier shown on tv as a prisoner from either side is going to be humiliated whatever their nationality whether they're questioned or not.
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The whole enemy combatant thing in Afghanistan is a completely different argument....
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how is it? it is now that the rules have been changed. i'm not defending taliban scum btw just the hypocrisy of all this rules of war bullshit. before the rule change they were (are) protected under the geneva convention.
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You're not exposing anything. The only thing consisten about life is that it is inconsistent.
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well your contradicting yourself here, should consistent rules be followed or not?
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Let's not pretend that anyone outside of America or that is protesting the war are the only ones with the ability to think.
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i'm outside of the US, but who say's i'm against the war? I'm from the UK and my country has got as much to lose as yours in this war and i support our troops 100%.
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Now if you don't think the Iraqis are treating POWs any worse than we are...then by all means jump right up there on the front lines and prove us wrong.
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Now there's a clever answer, i don't need to prove anything to a fool like you, i'm just stating my opinion just as you are giving your opinion also. i'm sure they're (iraqi's) more than capable of treating prisoners terribly (maybe they are lets hope not), but i would imagine they're trying to appear to the world that they are the victims in this, and will want to try and gain the moral high ground, hence red cross access etc.
War is an ugly business, and showing prisoners on tv is not comparable to the death and destruction on both sides currently taking place. i'm just glad they're alive and will hopefully be home soon.