Humane Treatment Guaranteed

Wow. This is a giant leap for humanity.

The Pentagon promises to treat detainees humanely.

Has the Bush administration decided to repent?

Perhaps feeling guilty about all those war crimes that the Left claims they've committed?

From Reuters:

The Bush administration on Wednesday said all detainees of the U.S. military would be ensured humane treatment, but some such as al Qaeda members would have fewer protections than other war prisoners.

...The Pentagon directive, which gives all prisoners protections as defined by the Geneva Conventions, follows heavy international criticism of the United States over military abuse of Iraqis held at Abu Ghraib prison and over its treatment and indefinite detention of terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay.

The directive requires that all detainees receive adequate food, water, shelter, clothing and medical treatment. It protects them from both threats and acts of violence, including rape, assault, theft, bodily injury and reprisals as well as "public curiosity."

However, the Pentagon retained the Bush administration's distinction between traditional prisoners of war and "unlawful enemy combatants," who are guaranteed fewer rights, such as protections against prosecution for warlike acts such as killing an enemy on a battlefield.

The directive also defines humane treatment in accordance with U.S. law.

...As part of the directive the Army issued a new Field Manual setting standards for interrogation of military detainees, which, congressional staffers and defense officials said, eliminated a list of secret interrogation tactics.

The manual also includes a list of practices that will be prohibited, such as sensory deprivation.

The Pentagon briefed members of Congress on the documents.

Any person who is a member of or supports the Taliban or the al Qaeda network is classified as an unlawful enemy combatant under the directive. With that label, they are not entitled to combatant immunity, which shields individuals from prosecution for warlike acts.

"All persons captured, detained, interned, or otherwise in the control of DoD (Department of Defense) personnel during the course of military operations will be given humane care and treatment from the moment they fall into the hands of DoD personnel until release, transfer out of DoD control, or repatriation," the directive said.

What does this mean?

Does it mean that human rights abuses around the world will be dramatically reduced?

Does it mean that there will be such an outpouring of goodwill for the U.S. that Islamofascists will cease their "Holy War"?

Does it mean that peace is at hand?

NO, NO, and NO.

So-called human rights organinzations, like Amnesty International, and so-called human rights champions, like Jimmy Carter, have labeled America as the most dangerous threat to humanity.

They've spent the last few years condemning the Bush administration as criminal, as if the United States is the real problem, perpetrator of human rights abuses on a grand scale.

AI and Carter and those of their ilk must be jumping for joy today. Right?

The Pentagon is guaranteeing humane treatment for our ENEMIES. That doesn't surprise me.

What would be truly surprising?

--The Islamofascists stop plotting to slaughter thousands of INNOCENTS via horrific terrorist acts.

--The Islamofascists agree to live in peace with Israelis (AKA the ZIONIST PIGS).

--The Islamofascists stop blowing themselves up to kill as many infidels (INNOCENTS) as possible.

--The Islamofascists quit taking INNOCENT civilians hostage and making them convert to Islam at gunpoint.

--The Islamofascists stop videotaping INNOCENT hostages pleading for their lives, and airing those tapes for a worldwide audience.

--The Islamofascists never behead another INNOCENT individual.

--The Islamofascists end their crusade to take over the world.

Now that would be a giant step in ending human rights abuses.

Do you think that the Islamofascists are prepared to GUARANTEE humane treatment for INNOCENTS?

I don't.