The US banned some interrogation techniques...

[conuly]

Apparently, the fact that they're banned by the Geneva convention isn't good enough for us. Well, not that I didn't already know that.

*hums slightly* I wonder how US prisons are run. Never thought about that before. I mean, honestly. If conditions in prisons here are similar to conditions there, then we should've expected this (we should've anyway, that's one of those things that happens when you don't work hard against it). Then of course, the question is "are conditions in our domestic prisons different from conditions on other prisons?". *runs to google*

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[rachelkachel]

I was reading something that said technically those prisoners in Iraq didn't fall under the Geneva Convention... I can't remember why not. Not that I think it justifies the abuse, of course, I just thought it was interesting...

[conuly]

They're not soldiers, and aren't therefore prisoners of war. I don't find this a compelling argument. The feeling behind the Geneva Convention is that you treat people with respect even when they're your enemy. To say that they don't deserve this because that's not the letter of the law is unconscionable.