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Pretty much all of western Europe, at least, abides by it.
You know what I mean. Terrorists and other enemies don't follow the Geneva Convention's rules, so why should we? And don't spout some stuff about "because we'd be sinking to their level if we didn't." That's bull. You know it, I know it, and every reasoning being in the universe knows it. Every organism in the universe does everything, and I mean everything, in their own self-interest; we have no "higher calling." We're merely trying to stamp out a threat to our way of life. This we have done, with a good deal of success.
wow, you really do watch too much Fox News.

The whole point that we don't follow the Geneva Conventions is exactly why the terrorists are able to recruit so many people to their cause. We claim to be a bastion of freedom and responsibility, yet we resort to the exact same tactics they use, wiping our ass on the Constitution we purport to value so much in the process. Ever hear of something called the Fourth Amendment? Yeah, holding people without trial is completely in violation of that. End of story.

My mindset is that as long as I can live my life unimpeded, I really don't care one whit what happens to those people or what our military does to achieve that end. Their lives don't affect me and never will. Torture them, rape them, do weird-ass psychic experiments on them, make them watch endless episodes of Friends for all I care. Just get them out of society and off of my news.
First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.

-Pastor Martin Niemöller