[Condor51]

The Geneva Conventions of 1949 is a joke and so is the one that was in effect during WWII as only three countries ₍₁₎ ever complied with it regarding treatment of POW's:
GB, the USA and ........... Nazi Germany (for the most part) ₍₂₎.

• Japan - nope,
  
• the USSR - nope,
  
• China - nope,
  
• North Korea - Bwaaaaahaha, nope,
  
• the VC and NVA - yeah, right,
  
• Saddam during Gulf War I - uh no.

So all this noise coming from the left that the USA's interrogation methods (aka 'torture') with the Islamo- fascists is putting our troops in danger is utter hogwash.

The Geneva Convention is meaningless - period. That is, unless we're going to fight another war with the Nazi's.

1 - France intentionally omitted.
2 - What the SS did at Malmedy doesn't count.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

What the SS did at Malmedy doesn't count.

Even if (for whatever cockamamie reason you choose to adduce) it "doesn't count," you are leaving out a minor historical fact known as "der Ostfront." You note that Stalin didn't go by the Geneva Convention; Hitler didn't either - and he wasn't just following Stalin's lead. Both of them openly took the attitude that following Geneva was an unethical attempt to win the sympathy of the opposing army's soldiers. Geneva addresses the treatment of civilians, and the Nazis would have conquered Russia easily if they hadn't made it clear that they were even worse than Stalin in their treatment of civilians.