Once again, the terrorists infesting the Sunni Triangle kill a prisoner of war. Yet the US is still respecting the rights of people caught planting bombs that kill women and children. I think we should not.
One of the reasons we uphold the Geneva Convention is so that our folks are treated similarly. But what happens if they are not? To continue to play by the "rules" makes it incredibly unlikely that anything will change. We need to accept that there are no rules in this knife fight and get on with it.
It's rather odd that, domesticly, it's OK to shoot looters during riots or natural disasters, yet in wartime, under martial law, we can't exercise the same force against people less deserving of the benefits of law.
I've said this for a while now, and I see no reason to change my mind. Perhaps if we'd been this ruthless at the beginning of the insurgency it wouldn't have spread, but when the other side is routinely executing captives, we're utter chumps to be respecting their "rights."
At the very least, Capt. Rogelio Maynulet should be pardoned.