The conventions lay out the legal obligations of an occupying power as well as the rules of war and treatment of prisonersHow come they never whine about such things against China (for oppressing, occupying Tibet)?
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2 posted on
07/04/2003 5:15:42 PM PDT by
knighthawk
(We all want to touch a rainbow, but singers and songs will never change it alone. We are calling you)
To: knighthawk
Because China will make them pay for their stand on their "principles". They only protest where there's no risk to their well being and where their whining gets attention.
3 posted on
07/04/2003 5:18:28 PM PDT by
Hillarys Gate Cult
("Read Hillary's hips. I never had sex with that woman.")
To: knighthawk
The head of the group's Iraq investigation team, Mike Townsley, said the US-led occupation authority was breaching the Geneva Conventions "by failing in its responsibility to ensure the public health of the Iraqi people". Funny, I don't remember reading any similar complaints from greenpeace while Saddam was in charge.
To: knighthawk
group says it has detected worrying levels of radioactivity in schools and homes
Well, I guess the WMD question is settled then, no?
5 posted on
07/04/2003 5:24:57 PM PDT by
July 4th
To: knighthawk
"But an IAEA team last month found most of the uranium feared stolen from Tuwaitha, Science magazine reported on June 20."They are not there but ....well....I guess maybe they ARE there?? Doesn't greenpeace have a whale or something to save?
6 posted on
07/04/2003 5:28:26 PM PDT by
Normal4me
To: knighthawk
I would order the Marines to escort them to the border with Syria and if they didn't leave, I would order them to be treated as enemy combatants.
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