Donald Trump: Geneva Conventions Are ‘Out of Date’

[DonViejo]

Source: Mediaite

Speaking at a press conference Wednesday, Donald Trump agreed with the statement that the Geneva Conventions outlawing war crimes were “out of date,” and reiterated his support for “enhanced interrogation” of terror suspects.

“Do you think the Geneva Conventions are out of date?” asked NBC’s Katy Tur. “I think everything’s out of date,” responded Trump. “We have a whole new world.”

Trump repeated his much-scrutinized comments that NATO was obsolete. “Three days later, people that study NATO said, ‘You know, Trump is right.’ You know what, we have a lot of things that are out of date because they’re 20 and 30 and 40 years old.”

“What would you renegotiate?” asked NBC’s Katy Tur. “The enhanced interrogation aspect of it…?”

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Read more: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/donald-trump-geneva-conventions-are-out-of-date/

[forest444]

1. An article of faith among Rethugs.

Primarily because they don't think it could ever apply to them.

[MosheFeingold]

19. Not so much out of date, as in need of a new section

The GC contemplates nice little organized countries throwing uniformed soldiers, with a clean chain of command, at one another.

It's basically worthless:

1. When dealing with civilizational warfare, when the civilian means of production are (or almost are) most important part of the war effort.

2. When dealing with non-uniformed combatants or combatants that move from combatant to civilian at will (It essentially says you can just hang them.)

3. When you are not dealing with a proper nation, but rather an assemblage of tribes or cultures, with no clear leader.

4. When you have asymmetric warfare, in general

So, I would concur it needs a new section.

[shraby]

2. Laws against torture are never out of date. The only thing out of date is the donald.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Aside from ethics, torture is completely unreliable. Oh, wait, Trump is completely unreliable. nt

[ChairmanAgnostic]

30. Coincidence?

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Didn't Alberto Gonzales (Bush II) call the Geneva Convention

agreements "quaint" and "obsolete"?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Trump is past his sell-by date. He was always out of date.

Trump: one of the finest minds of 19th century Queens, New York.

[Saviolo]

12. Or:

The finest mind of a 14-year old internet troll stuffed into a 200lb bag of manure.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Genocide is a war crime. Trump thinks outlawing war crimes is "out of date". Connect the dots? nt

[BayouBengal07]

7. Who are these people who now agree with Trump on NATO?

He does this a lot - saying "people are starting to agree with me" or "people are starting to say 'Trump is right'" but he never says WHO these people are. What serious scholar of NATO would "come around" to Trump's position three days later?

[Wellstone ruled]

8. Notice the Ramp Up of

Trumps Fascist Rhetoric. The Guy expects zero pushback form the Media and is relishing the praise and glad handing he is receiving from Fake Noise and all the Comcast Media outlets. Disney/ABC as well as CBS are drifting more and more towards his bloviation.

[jtuck004]

9. LOL. This coming from someone whose ideas are from the 1500s. Coward.

Someone find out what size check we would need to write to have him go away.

He is venal enough. Like a bad date - there is a number that would make him go away. What is it?

Then we set up a go fund me page.

Might be the quickest fundraising campaign in history.

[niyad]

11. didn't he say something last week about 5 million? or maybe 50

[jtuck004]

13. We could raise 50 million in 24 hours. I knew politicians were cheap, but he

make them look bad.

[Matthew28]

24. Maybe Obama could just print up 20 billion dollars and make a deal

[jtuck004]

25. That would dilute the value of what he gets, and the real estate swindler isn't stupid.

He's in it for the money.

[2naSalit]

10. Keep spewing it, c;own.

His foot is so embedded in his face that there is no room for honesty or truth to squeak out except like the occasional uncontrollable fart.

[bucolic_frolic]

14. You cannot win a war with a narcissist

If he is asked about these diabolical positions at debate time, he
will say "I never said that. What I said was ...."

Hillary will have a difficult task pinning him down, especially if the
media won't fact check, and it won't more than about twice.

I encountered a full blown narcissist in my life. The lies and distortion
are absolutely toxic.

Narcissists belong in mental institutions. In all cases.

[Andy823]

15. As the article satiated

He never did answer the question about what he would change. The one thing he does best is to "avoid" any details on how he is going to change things, it will just be "better", and he never give real answers. Now the brain dead base love him, and will never see his faults, but the rest of the county, including independents, are going to start asking themselves, what the hell is he going to do to fix things he claims need to be fixed! We need for all voters to start asking themselves that question. We need to start asking anyone who wants to vote for Trump that question. And though it will probably never happen, the damned MSM needs to start pushing Trump to actually answer that question. They need to demand specifics, not let him get away with avoiding every question that he is asked regarding his plans to "make America great again".

[Blue Idaho]

16. Another step closer to fascism.

Trump is Dangerous.

[cstanleytech]

17. I agree with Trump, they are out of date.

I just dont agree with him on the rest of it because I think they are out of date because they dont specifically forbid waterboarding and other forms of torture like exposure to extremes of heat and cold and they should be updated to directly address those areas and forbid it from being used.

[Ilsa]

18. By that rationale, 99% of religions are out of date.

Trump doesn't understand that morality and ethics are never out of date.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

20. Is this out of date as well?

http://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/

[muriel_volestrangler]

21. Trump would have no laws, conventions, treaties or constitution applying to him, in his ideal world

He'd still want to be able to sue other people, of course; that's his hobby, and also his main way of intimidating anyone who stands up to him. But he'd want to get away with anything, internationally, and he'd be happy to not invoke any kind of international law - he'd just attack someone he decided was a problem.

And the only people who have said "Trump is right" are fascists and racists, like David Duke.

[hvn_nbr_2]

22. Bronze Age barbarianism (e.g. torture) is out of date

Bronze Age barbarianism (e.g. torture) is out of date, by a few thousand years.

[Mc Mike]

23. So old fashioned. Check out these great new cutting edge ideas from the Spanish Inquisition

school of thought. They were really forward thinking in the middle ages.

[dembotoz]

29. somehow less funny today

[Mc Mike]

33. Those guys are lovable. Maybe the repugs can run them as co-prez candidates, instead of dRumpf.

Fetch the comfy pillows!

[Thrill]

26. Unreal someone so clueless can be this close to the Presidency

[Historic NY]

27. People say, who says?

He using a propaganda technique, old Uncle Joe must have taught him

[qazplm]

28. As a military man

fuck Trump.

1. The GCs don't just protect others from us, they protect US from others.
2. NATO has kept Europe safe for 70+ years you ignorant fuckstick.

[anneboleyn]

31. I doubt Rump even knows what the "Geneva Conventions" were

Someone should ask him when they occurred, what they entailed, and why the treaties were established in the first place and watch him stutter and blubber and blather as he tries to repeat his little memorized lines about "but...but..torture...Isis is BAD...must CUT OFF THEIR HEADS" etc etc etc

[keithbvadu2]

32. Those who support torture done by America are also supporting the same done to our own troops.