LETTER OF THE DAY

By Michelle Malkin  •  November 12, 2004 05:46 AM

Gaston Serrato of Rowland Heights writes the Los Angeles Times in response to this editorial:

You criticize President Bush’s attorney general nominee, Alberto Gonzales (editorial, Nov. 11), stating that he wrote a memo “arguing that suspected terrorists captured in Afghanistan were not subject to protections under the Geneva Convention.” The Geneva Convention was designed to protect uniformed soldiers and civilians. Terrorists are not soldiers nor do they care about killing innocent civilians. They do not fall under the Geneva Convention’s protection. Perhaps when you see terrorists at your doorstep you will have a change of opinion.

Jonah Goldberg made the same point a few months ago (”In war on terror, Geneva Convention doesn’t apply“).

I’m not a big fan of Gonzales, but the Times’ suggestion that suspected terrorsts captured in Afghanistan are covered by the Geneva Convention is absurd.

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