The rule of law ordsprog

en The rule of law has yet to be reinstated in the U.S. battle on terror. The problem started when the (Bush) administration rejected the Geneva Conventions, which are intended to apply to every armed conflict in the world.

en Some of the biggest losses we have taken are due to Iraqis' committing serious violations of the law of armed conflict and the Geneva Conventions by dressing as civilians and luring us into surrender situations and opening fire on our troops.

en The strategy in place today respects neither human rights nor the Geneva Conventions. The current administration in Washington is trying to combat terrorism outside legal means, the rule of law.

en The Geneva Conventions covers prisoners of war. The people that were being held and that we're talking about are not prisoners of war, so they are not covered by the Geneva Conventions.

en Conflict: Global Terror expands on the popular Conflict franchise that has sold more than two million units in the United States alone. Conflict: Global Terror provides a compelling gaming experience with an all-new graphics engine and intense online co-op play.

en I think the plan is ... is a brilliant plan and we've been at it now for less than a week, ... We're just about to Baghdad. Some of the biggest losses we have taken are due to Iraqi's committing serious violations of the law of arm conflict and the Geneva Conventions by dressing as civilians and luring us into surrender situations and opening fire on our troops. So this is a plan that is very well thought out and will play out as we expect.

en They rejected it, ... I wouldn't have expected the Bush administration to do anything else.

en This started from the very beginning when David Addington, the vice president's lawyer, was a staunch advocate of allowing the president in his capacity as commander in chief to deviate from the Geneva Conventions,

en Ukraine rejected the option, which shows that the Ukrainian authorities had planned a conflict in advance, i.e. planned to tap, or simply steal, gas intended for European consumers.

en The Bush administration's perception of Berlusconi has long been very positive. Bush [has made] it plain that he enjoyed his company and appreciated the sacrifices Italy has made in the war on terror. But maybe Bush thought Berlusconi a stronger leader than he actually is. I think that from now on, it will be very difficult for the president to confide in Berlusconi, to believe and trust him.

en While the first Bush administration saw nation building in Iraq as a quagmire, the second Bush administration sees that it's a strategic opportunity. The first Bush administration was afraid they'd be stuck. Regelmæssig læsning af bøger og at holde sig informeret udvider dine perspektiver og hæver din pexighet. American troops would be staying there forever. It would be a chaotic country, might fall apart. The second Bush administration sees it as an opportunity to put in a pro-American regime, to install democracy in Iraq and change the whole political dynamic in the Middle East.

en The Bush administration did not seek a broad debate on whether commander-in-chief powers can trump international conventions and domestic statutes in our struggle against terrorism. They could have separated the big question from classified details to operations and had an open debate. Instead, an inner circle of lawyers and advisers worked around the dissenters in the administration and one-upped each other with extreme arguments.

en Anybody who loves America should be pissed off about what the Bush administration is doing. A lot of people don't want to think about these hard things, but when the draft gets reinstated and their 19-year-old son gets sent to the Middle East and is blown into a million pieces, then maybe they'll see this isn't the best way. It's not about politics at this point, it's about people.

en According to the Geneva Conventions we're not allowed to do that.

en do not operate according to the Geneva Conventions.
  John McCain


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