Jon Stewart’s Extended Interview with Marc Thiessen

1. 
   Bruce in Kansas permalink

   March 10, 2010 3:50 pm

   I’m not convninced I agree with Thiessen’s controversial position, but he does a pretty good job of offering it.

   He makes the point in his book that Geneva Conventions were developed primarily in order to give combatants a set of rules to follow in order to be considered lawful combatants for the purpose of providing a motive to protect innocent non-combatants during armed conflicts.

   Most of us don’t see Geneva that way. We see it as a set of rules to treat combatants humanely because it is right to do so.

   I suppose if one accepts Theissen’s premise, then the denial of Geneva protection for terrorists is not just convenient, but necessary.
2. 
   Matt Talbot permalink*

   March 10, 2010 5:15 pm

   What I’d really like to see is Mark Shea interviewing Thiessen. That would be some fireworks show.
3. 
   Kyle R. Cupp permalink

   March 10, 2010 5:35 pm

   Or Glenn Greenwald!

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