It's Official: The U.S. will no longer uphold the Geneva Convention

The issuance of the new army field manual which omits references to provisions of the Geneva Convention, makes it official, that the U.S. will not abide by it's treaty obligations and will allow and encourage U.S. soldiers to violate the Geneva Conventions. Before we weren't quite sure that the responsibility for torture came from the top, now we know the responsibility goes directly to the top of the chain of command.

Pentagon to omit Geneva ban from new army manual: report

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