http://aussgworldpolitics.wordpress.com/2007/02/27/hicks-trapped-in-the-world-of-dr-strangelove/ "If you think you are too small to make a difference – try sleeping with a Mosquito" Dalai Lama Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:19:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 http://aussgworldpolitics.wordpress.com/2007/02/27/hicks-trapped-in-the-world-of-dr-strangelove/#comment-2 Ray Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:20:05 +0000 http://aussgworldpolitics.wordpress.com/2007/02/27/hicks-trapped-in-the-world-of-dr-strangelove/#comment-2 This whole affair has made millions of people more aware of the incorrect terminology that is being used by the U.S. political spin doctors. Torture is now called "rendition", and the civil wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is all called "terrorism", so that then automatically puts all captured enemies outside of the protection of the Geneva conventions. I want to know what the new American term is for executing Afghan prisoners. Has anyone heard? This whole affair has made millions of people more aware of the incorrect terminology that is being used by the U.S. political spin doctors.
Torture is now called “rendition”, and the civil wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is all called “terrorism”, so that then automatically puts all captured enemies outside of the protection of the Geneva conventions.
I want to know what the new American term is for executing Afghan prisoners. Has anyone heard?

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