Who's really protecting the Geneva Conventions?

As a presidential candidate,Barack Obama criticized the Bush administration for its lawless and abusive detainee policy. A Pentagon review of the conditions at Gitmo, requested by President Obama, concluded that the conditions at the facility meet all the requirements of the Geneva Conventions.

One of the ironies of the War on Terror is that the Bush administration has been tarred as war criminals, yet they took no shortcuts around the Geneva Conventions, even thought shortcuts were readily available to them.

Of course this isn't what we've heard from the liberal mainstream media. On numerous occasions, liberal publications like the New York Times and the Washington Post have called the Bush policies,"ghastly ideas,"and "extreme theories on terrorism that will damage the 217-year old laws of our nation."

The basis of this is that the Bush administration ruled that terrorists captured on the battlefield are not entitled to the same rights as POW's,as stated in the Geneva Convention.It's surprising,then, just over 20 years ago these same newspapers applauded Reagan for refusing to ratify an amendment  to the original Geneva Convention-Protocol 1- that would of extended its protections to "liberation forces" and terrorists around the world.

Well no surprise here, the liberal media picks and chooses its stance based on its agenda at the time.

There is no doubt that the Geneva Convention treaties are in place to distinguish detention policies between terrorists and civilians, and rightfully so, and for that i obviously agree. They also state that, "no detainee should suffer penalty for lack of cooperation with a interrogator," which i absolutely disagree with.

But, regardless of opinion, the liberal media once again reports the news and its opinion based on personal agenda.