I really have to wonder what world the editors of the NY Times live in. It is certainly a very different one than I do.

Look at this bizarre statement at the end of today's editorial.

The Geneva Conventions protect Americans. If this country changes the rules, itÂ’s changing the rules for Americans taken prisoner abroad. That is far too high a price to pay so this administration can hang on to its misbegotten policies.

Let's look at this, shall we.

Since the end of WWII, Americans have not received the protections afforded under the Geneva Conventions in any conflict.

In Korea, our prisoners were subject to brainwashing and deprivation. Ask John McCain about the respect for the Geneva Conventions in Vietnam -- torture and degrading treatment were the norm there. Not only is one American POW still unaccounted for follwoing the Gulf War in 1991, but it is also known that female POWs were subject to rape. And in Iraq and Afghanistan today, those who our courts grant the protections of the Geneva Conventions (incorrectly, according to the clear language of the treaties) subject captive Americans to beheading. Not one perpetrator of such abuses against Americans has ever been brought to justice by either US, national, or international courts.

Would you care to explain to me again how Americans are protected by the Geneva Conventions?

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