• ubergeek@lemmy.today
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    19 hours ago

    So, they are considered unlawful combatants? And therefore do not get the protections afforded under the Geneva Conventions, right?

    Right?

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      19 hours ago

      Talk about jumping 4 steps down the road.

      They are uniformed. No global convention or agreement mandates those elements be on a uniform. The nametag, unit patch, and other items on the uniform are just ways that force happens to enhance identification within the unit.

      They are identified as uniformed members of a military force. This satisfies the convention.

      None of this matters or applies at all given that there is no combat occurring that would fall under the Geneva convention. So they could be plain clothes officers and it wouldn’t apply.

      Trump is a sack of dog turds, and what he is doing is largely stupid speed run overreach, but this hyperbolic shit just harms credibility of the already massive list of shit he is violating.