Comments on: He was against human rights for all before he was for it… http://kairosblog.com/blog/2006/07/11/he-was-against-human-rights-for-all-before-he-was-for-it/ Along for the Journey...On God's Time Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:03:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: kairos http://kairosblog.com/blog/2006/07/11/he-was-against-human-rights-for-all-before-he-was-for-it/comment-page-1/#comment-44 kairos Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:13:53 +0000 http://kairosblog.wordpress.com/2006/07/11/he-was-against-human-rights-for-all-before-he-was-for-it/#comment-44 Reporting I hear is that they've not decided on Gitmo yet, but that they're thinking about it. The pentagon sent out announcements yesterday to the troops that, yes, they have to follow the Geneva Conventions with detainees (according to NPR this morning). Is this a change? I don't know. I hope it is, and that the administration really truly is going to abide by those conventions. It means too much, both for the captives and for our international reputation, for us to skirt these much longer. Reporting I hear is that they’ve not decided on Gitmo yet, but that they’re thinking about it. The pentagon sent out announcements yesterday to the troops that, yes, they have to follow the Geneva Conventions with detainees (according to NPR this morning).

Is this a change? I don’t know. I hope it is, and that the administration really truly is going to abide by those conventions. It means too much, both for the captives and for our international reputation, for us to skirt these much longer.

]]> By: Rocky http://kairosblog.com/blog/2006/07/11/he-was-against-human-rights-for-all-before-he-was-for-it/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Rocky Wed, 12 Jul 2006 08:19:49 +0000 http://kairosblog.wordpress.com/2006/07/11/he-was-against-human-rights-for-all-before-he-was-for-it/#comment-43 Seems like suspect timing to me. Didn't they just recently decide to close Gitmo? Isn't this a sort of after-the-fact declaration that is, in effect, meaningless? Seems like suspect timing to me. Didn’t they just recently decide to close Gitmo? Isn’t this a sort of after-the-fact declaration that is, in effect, meaningless?

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