Doug,

If you think the Geneva Convention is a wonderful thing, I don't
understand why you would want to weaken it by implying there's no
advantage to
signing it. Al-Qaida and the talliban do not play by the rules of the
Geneva convention.
The geneva convention that covers the rights of prisoners had it's
standards set by civilized people.

Al-Qaida and the Iraqi insurgents defy all the rules enshrined
and symbolized by the Geneva Convention (and, often, the Koran) and yet

administration critics piously demand that these thugs should be given
all
the benefits that come with being a signatory to it.

Well, if the barbarians get all of the benefits of the Geneva
Convention
without obeying any of its rules, then it becomes not merely quaint,
not
merely worthless, but a tool of those who wish to overthrow all it
stands
for.

Joe