Just watching a war movie and it got me wondering what is
the purpose of the Geneva Conventions, which, I see by reading them, were
violated during the George Bush era by the United States and no doubt are violated
by any country anytime it’s deemed expeditious to do so.
They can’t exist out of concern for the
welfare of captured soldiers because if the “powers that be” actually cared
about soldiers, they wouldn’t have wars in the first place and then enlist
those with the least stake in the outcome to kill and die in them. Clearing away that advertised purpose left
the true purpose obvious. It’s a military recruiting tool making it a
little easier to swallow going out to kill or be killed if you think at least
you won’t get tortured or you’ll get kind treatment once you’re blown apart. Kind
of a warm fuzzy from the big shots. Makes war a civilized endeavor. Heck. If there's rules, how bad can it be?
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