Tonight, in case you haven't seen them previously, three of David Morris's 10 charts:
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At Daily Kos on this date in 2004:
The US is a signatory to the UN Geneva Conventions. That is, not only have they been signed by the president, but they've also been ratified by the US Congress. And like the Constitution and legislation passed by congress and signed by the president, ratified treaties are the law of the land.
They are not optional. No matter how bad Bush and Rumsfeld wished it where otherwise:
Top Pentagon officials conceded on Thursday some of the interrogation methods approved for use by the U.S. military on Iraqi prisoners may violate the Geneva Convention governing treatment of war prisoners [...]
During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Democrats confronted Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, the No. 2 official at the Pentagon, and Gen. Peter Pace, the No. 2 U.S. general, with "rules of engagement" for interrogations approved by the top commander in Iraq, Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez.
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By violating the Geneva Conventions, the people who helped enable it are literally criminals.