POLITIFACT: Geneva Conventions bar Trump's idea of killing terrorists' families, as Paul says

[JJ2]

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-me...ar-donald-tru/

Our ruling

Paul said, "If you are going to kill the families of terrorists, realize that there's something called the Geneva Convention we're going to have to pull out of."

A range of experts in international law agreed that at least two elements of the Geneva Convention would contravene a policy of killing family members of terrorists, and that the United States has demonstrated a commitment to adhering to both provisions.

We rate Paul’s statement True.

[TheNewYorker]

I did a quick run through of that site, according to them, jeb and Rand are the most honest, trump and Ted lie the most, and the rest are somewhere in the middle

[TheNewYorker]

I did a quick run through of that site, according to them, jeb and Rand are the most honest, trump and Ted lie the most, and the rest are somewhere in the middle

[idiom]

I was surprised Rand didn't just totally lose it at Trump at that point. He should have torn him new eye sockets.

[limequat]

I was surprised Rand didn't just totally lose it at Trump at that point. He should have torn him new eye sockets.

Rand did a good thing. He appealed to peoples emotions. He mentioned that "terrorists' families" means a 2 y/o or 4 y/o and women.
I can guarantee you that every parent that heard him speak immediately rejected the idea of killing terrorist families out of hand at that moment.

[klamath]

Rand did a good thing. He appealed to peoples emotions. He mentioned that "terrorists' families" means a 2 y/o or 4 y/o and women.
I can guarantee you that every parent that heard him speak immediately rejected the idea of killing terrorist families out of hand at that moment.

"It is war, bad stuff happens" is all they say. "We need a tough guy to win it."
Human nature. I remember when people on here suggested using this tactic on cop families. It all depends on who they hate whether it is justified.

[limequat]

"It is war, bad stuff happens" is all they say. "We need a tough guy to win it."
Human nature. I remember when people on here suggested using this tactic on cop families. It all depends on who they hate whether it is justified.

You know how Rand likes to bring charts and graphs to his senate speeches? Bring some pics of some Syrian kids and ask people who wants to pull the trigger. Hands please? Who would like to execute this little 4 y/o girl? We can do it by drone right now? How about this little boy?

[notsure]

I did a quick run through of that site, according to them, jeb and Rand are the most honest, trump and Ted lie the most, and the rest are somewhere in the middle

I don't know, but that seems like a pretty accurate assessment.

[Jan2017]

"It is war, bad stuff happens" is all they say. . . .

Nice find by OP - thanks. We need to find more press on all this.

The msm like Hannity just gloss over it, "Well I don't want to talk about the Geneva Convention, . . ."

But it is an indication of how King Trump of the Barbarians would rule as an authoritarian at home as well -
he's earned worldwide condemnation pretty much, except from his new buddy Vladimir Putin.

[luctor-et-emergo]

I don't know, but that seems like a pretty accurate assessment.

Right, I do think some of these things are politicized a bit, check out this one;

RAND PAUL
Ebola is "incredibly contagious," "very transmissible" and "easy to catch."

Politifact calls that 'mostly false'. Now you can have whatever argumentation about that but there's no denying that that statement is absolutely correct. If it's not, then why are the people in those makeshift hospitals wearing multiple layers of gloves and full body gear, burning it afterwards.. They could have said, mostly correct... But this sounds more like political motives.

As well as this one;

RAND PAUL
Says Marco Rubio "is the one for an open border."

"Pants on fire"

Their argument; "2013 bill included extensive border security."

That's like, their opinion...