I wouldn’t disagree with the families, but beyond that, terrorist are just flapping in the wind.
Even if the Geneva Convention were an iron-clad agreement to protect terrorists, if I were president I would ignore it.
If a guy can walk up beside me without waring on a public street and stab me to death, I don’t care what the Geneva Convention says or doesn’t say. It’s preposterous on the face of it.
If a terrorist may have information leading to the prevention of a weapon of mass destruction going off in a highly populated area, you can bet your hind end the GC would be the last thing on my or any other sane person.
I believe that Trump was expressing the same frustration we all do. I do not expect him to break international law on a whim. If it comes down to your or my families lives, I hope he does.
The GC is an iron-clad agreement to protect terrorists IF you have ratified Protocol II. We have never ratified Protocol II.