I understand that an insurgency is difficult to beat and that unorthdox tactics might be needed in order to defeat them. However, this just crosses the line.
MSNBC reports that the U.S. military has detained the wives of insurgents, in order to leverage their husbands into surrendering.In one case, a secretive task force locked up the young mother of a nursing baby, a U.S. intelligence officer reported. In the case of a second detainee, one American colonel suggested to another that they catch her husband by tacking a note to the family’s door telling him “to come get his wife."
This is one of the more disgusting tactics I have ever seen from the U.S. military. Doesn't the Geneva Convention prevent us from using such tactics? And just a little food for thought...
| Tactic |
| Insurgents/Terrorists |
| U.S. Military |
| Torture |
| Yes |
| Yes |
| Kidnapping |
| Yes |
| Yes |
| Execution |
| Yes |
| No, we let state governments handle that |
And the U.S. is trying to convince people that
we are the good guys?
