Modification of Geneva Conventions

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by Danzig188

well, nothing, even the u.s. constitution, is written in unalterable stone....not so sure how changes would be made, but times do change. i guess it depends also on who wants to change it, what they want to change, and why.

I think many in Congress are saying we could do the same thing through our legal system...protecting our forces while not being seen as changing international law. The pope didn't take into consideration the effect of his words last week, I think we must learn from his error...lets not be seen as thumbing our nose at international law...there are ways around this!