LETTERS NASSAU AND SUFFOLK Edition 1

The Geneva Convention applies only to uniformed combatants. Combatants who hide behind civilian garb have forfeited their lives as spies or worse. That has been the way of war before and even after the Geneva Convention. What's more, those who are posing that question in this case are perfectly...

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Published inNewsday
Main Author Valerie Protopapas, Peter Kellerman, Paul Denhoff, Jeffrey Solomon, Anthony Di Donato, Vicki Alspector, Dorothy Doyle
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Long Island, N.Y Newsday LLC 22.11.2004
EditionCombined editions
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Cocco, Marie
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Summary:The Geneva Convention applies only to uniformed combatants. Combatants who hide behind civilian garb have forfeited their lives as spies or worse. That has been the way of war before and even after the Geneva Convention. What's more, those who are posing that question in this case are perfectly aware of that fact - which leads one to believe that they are being more than a little disingenuous. "A tribe lost in Israel," [Part II, Nov. 16] seems to point out only the negative situation of Ethiopian Jews in Israel. While they were in Ethiopia, their lives were very difficult. They were discriminated against and were barely surviving. Israel rescued them and, instead of being thanked, Israel is blamed. There are problems with the Ethiopian Jews, but Israel is making an attempt to help. Next time find something positive to stay. If the Democrats are truly interested in the "morals" issue, they need go no further than Marie Cocco's column, "FCC: Don't save me from the F-word" [Opinion, Nov. 16]. Cocco rails at the FCC attempt to clear the airwaves of obscenities such as the F-word. Instead, she recommends that "parents can use the V-chip. Then there's the low-tech solution: Turn the set off."