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Military police know what to do, they know the Geneva Conventions, and their objective is to provide a safe, secure, fair environment for prisoners under their control.

— Janis Karpinski

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

However, the Department of Defense treats these detainees in accord with the Geneva Convention, even though that is not required because of the inhumane methods used by these killers.

— Bill Shuster

If we say the Geneva Convention is obsolete, then what do others who have our soldiers say?

— Chuck Schumer

Nonetheless, Article 5 makes clear that if an Iraqi civilian who is not a member of the armed forces, has engaged in attacks on Coalition forces, the Geneva Convention permits the use of more coercive interrogation approaches to prevent future attacks.

— John Yoo

Prison is a recruitment center for the army of crime. That is what it achieves.

— Michel Foucault

The military is a machine of war. Not a law enforcement agency.

— Hank Johnson

The military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges.

— Benazir Bhutto

Police forces collect information to be used in a public court to get people convicted. Security services gather information that does not necessarily lead to people being prosecuted and in many cases needs to remain confidential.

— Gijs de Vries

I was most impressed with the professionalism of our soldiers stationed there, and I am now more confident than ever that that the operations at Guantanamo are being conducted in a humane and necessary manner.

— Jim Ryun

✗Opposing Perspectives

What is the Geneva Convention on wars! I have never read it.

— Yoweri Museveni

The United States isn't a dictatorship ruling with a brutal army and an iron fist, so our police departments must understand that they are there to serve and protect us - all of us. And when they do commit crimes, they must be arrested and prosecuted like anyone else, bottom line.

— Al Sharpton