Daily Poll: Have American Soldiers Committed War Crimes?
Daily Poll: Have American Soldiers Committed War Crimes? Sunday November 6, 2005 One thing that the torture and abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq should have taught everyone is that American soldiers are not above inhumane and brutal actions. Have their actions risen to the level of war crimes, though? Daily Poll: Are American military personnel committing war crimes in Iraq or elsewhere? • Definitely – international and American laws are being broken and it’s not just a few ‘bad apples’ doing it. • Probably – there is a lot of evidence that laws are being broken, including the Geneva Conventions, but it’s not quite definite yet. •