# So, how does an Iraqi go about legal armed conflict against the United States?

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**Created:** [December 26, 2004, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-does-an-iraqi-go-about-legal-armed-conflict-against-the-united-states/281623 "2004-12-26T00:43:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZombiesAteMyBrain)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-does-an-iraqi-go-about-legal-armed-conflict-against-the-united-states/281623/21 "2004-12-27T03:12:19Z")

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> [@Ryan\_Liam](#):
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> Rubbish, he acted in the best interests of himself, and besides, if the majority of Iraqis somehow saw what Bush did as in the best interests of them, does that make him acceptable?

How many Iraqis do think that Bush is acting in their best interests?

How would americans feel if they were in the Iraqis’ situation?

> **[If America Were Iraq - Antiwar.com Original](https://original.antiwar.com/juan-cole/2004/09/23/if-america-were-iraq/)**
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> President Bush said Tuesday that the Iraqis are refuting the pessimists and implied that things are improving in that country. What would America look - Juan Cole for Antiwar.com Original

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**Author:** ![Nietzsche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8dc957/32.png) [@Nietzsche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nietzsche)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-does-an-iraqi-go-about-legal-armed-conflict-against-the-united-states/281623/22 "2004-12-27T03:33:46Z")

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> [@threemae](#):
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> Anyway, thanks for the links to relevant Geneva convention law both about the uniforms and also the discerning of who gets to decide if someone should be treated as a POW.

My pleasure.

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> So I guess we’re both breaking the law.

Technically true, but the insurgents aren’t a signatory to the conventions. The U.S. is and, as such, is voilating its own laws (being that any international law that doesn’t go against an existing national law, once ratified, becomes national law). This can potentially put the U.S. in a much more difficult position than the insurgents.

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**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-does-an-iraqi-go-about-legal-armed-conflict-against-the-united-states/281623/23 "2004-12-27T03:53:51Z")

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It might if we gave a shit. We don’t care, we don’t _have_ to care, we’re the Americans.

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