A Disturbing Truth-If the Migrant Children Held In Cages were Prisoners of War...

[dlk]

...we would be violating the Geneva Conventions. In what kind of a twisted mind does this make America great? We treat farm animals better. The GOP is nothing less than a cancer on our democracy.

[tblue37]

1. K&R for visibility. nt

[malaise]

2. Never forget that George W Bush and Cheney

tore up the Geneva Convention and don't forget that the Con calls these migrants invaders.

[keithbvadu2]

4. Trump considers the migrants 'animals'.

Trump considers the migrants 'animals'.

[wryter2000]

8. Then...

He enjoys cruelty to animals.


As many here have said, cruelty is the point.

[onecaliberal]

3. They are a cancer on humanity.

[Bayard]

5. Could the UN be called in?

They have to be looking hard at this.

[AlexSFCA]

6. GOP hates UN and trump would withdraw in no time

[treestar]

18. Can a POTUS withdraw the country from the UN unilaterally?

[Duppers]

13. Great Point!

It involves people from another country, refugees; in other words it's an International Event and thus the UN could be involved, I'm thinking.

[33taw]

7. Is there an organization that can help provide needed items where someone can donate money?

I know the government should be supplying needed items, but we can’t count on the government and these people need help.

[Leghorn21]

15. Raices and ACLU, taw

https://www.raicestexas.org/

[PatrickforO]

9. The republican party is the single biggest threat to the world

at this point, for sure.

[calimary]

10. Agreed.

And they seem to have taken a fair amount of pride in it, too.

[BarbD]

11. What are we doing?

This makes no sense. It is sadistic, criminal, inhumane, outrageous -- words escape me.

Good grief, if we can muster up a war against Iran over the shooting down of a piece of hardware, we certainly can find our way to martial forces and rescue these innocents.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

12. K&R for visibility... nt

[lostnfound]

14. They really meant "Make America Repulsive. Make America Deplorable." Nt

[Uncle Joe]

16. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread dlk.

[leanforward]

17. Somebody needs to go to jail.

Anyone condoning this treatment needs 30 days in the same conditions. No soap, no oral hygiene, tarp shade, chain link fence, etc.

[Leghorn21]

19. WWII POW camp in Hearne, Texas (near College Station) - Nazis had it made

http://camphearne.com/