Talk:War Crimes Act of 1996

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Check this out: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/War_Crimes_Act_amendments_to_indemnify_retroactively crazyeddie 06:57, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

A Real Shame!
Man, this Act, what's up with that? I mean, that's some really BAD timing. Someone should just >make< it go away, wink, wink, nudge, nudge Holon67 09:03, 9 September 2006 (UTC)


 * I like this one better. Bush aims to kill War Crimes Act ~Kylu ( u | t )  02:12, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Legislative History
"The law criminalized breaches of the Geneva Conventions so that the United States could prosecute war criminals, specifically North Vietnamese soldiers who tortured U.S. soldiers during the Vietnam War."

^ I did really have a very good laugh at this one! Please, reference? Johannjs (talk) 23:34, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Maybe that clause should be removed ? the Vietnam War ended twenty years ! earlier ! And how would the US know or find whichever North Vietnamese soldiers did the torturing ?


 * Besides which, that would definitely be too hot to handle. Tossing gooks out of helicopters could easily be considered a war crime as well.


 * One other point, what happened to the people who (correctly) stated in 1970 that "torture doesn't work. All you get is whatever answer the desperate victim think you want to hear." Since that is true, what the heck happened to all the brains of the US in 2002 and beyond ? Torture by the US, the very concept makes me ill. 210.22.142.82 (talk) 13:46, 4 September 2016 (UTC)