Count me a dim bulb along with LTGEN Petraeus and Sir Richard Dearlove, then.

Just for your info, we DO treat the enemy more humanely than they do us.

Right, we don't behead our prisoners on TV. Great! I guess that means we're doing everything right. To quote, "I thought you were smarter than that." (Not really.)

And I see that I did indeed double-comment at the top of the thread. Mea culpa. Must get on better terms with the spam filter.

Why, yes--me, first comment in this thread.

If you'll take a look at the Marty Lederman link which I provided there, you'll see how pathetic the memo's assertion is.

But you're exactly right that the memo does exactly squat, which makes you smarter than every journalist breathlessly writing about it.

The White House said Tuesday that a new Pentagon memo concludes all detainees held in U.S. military ...

"It is my understanding that, aside from the military commission procedures, existing DoD orders, policies, directives, executive orders and doctrine comply with the standards of Common Article 3 and therefore actions by the DoD personal that comply with such issuances would comply with Common Article 3. ... In addition, you will recall the President's prior directive that "the United States Armed Forces shall continue to treat detainee humanely", humane treatment being the overarching requirement of Common article 3.

So the memo is saying we already are complying with the Geneva convention, except for the military commissions. So since the alternative to the military commissions is to hold everyone for the duration (as opposed to the military commissions which were trying to sort out who could go home early), all this is really saying is if we caught 'em, we keep 'em and keep doing what we do to them.

We (the West) are - indeed - fighting a brutal enemy. As I wrote on numerous occasions, I am in favor of an aggressive policy towards terrorists and regimes that support them. But, while fighting against this brutal enemy we should not let go of the la...

After all, these 5 "Bastards of America" are constantly and consistently citing "Foreign Law" as a basis for their decisions and they should "Insist" that the Indian Government are to adhere to their Ruling.

We are not 'blowing up innocent people' in Iraq and Afghanistan. Check your sources. The vast majority of bombing of innocents is by roadside bombs, car bombs, and bomb vests. Not exactly our MO. But hey, Matt, thanks for your support.

Andersen, you really believe that waterboarding is costing us the GWOT? I thought you were smarter than that. Just for your info, we DO treat the enemy more humanely than they do us. Thanks also, for your support.

Just as the terrorists release video and images showing the decapitation of two of our troops the Pentagon has decided to announce that their colleagues being held down at Guantanamo Bay are entitled to Geneva Convention protections. Nice timing guys.....

Oh, come on, madmatt, that kind of moonbat thinking is fit only for liberal Democrats ... and the authors of the Army counterinsurgency manual ... and the former chief of MI6 ... none of whom, obviously, has the same genius for the GWOT of various OTB commenters and other brigades of the 101st Fighting Keyboarders.

It’s about time.
In a sweeping change of policy, the Pentagon has decided that it will treat all detainees in compliance with the minimum standards spelled out in the Geneva conventions, a senior defense official said today.
The right way has be...