The Geneva Convention is hugely irritating and inconvenient, but it's there for a reason and should be strictly adhered to. Any breaches should be punished, depending on the severity of the breach. People should recognise that US/UK breaches tend to be minor and technical in nature and that Iraqi PoWs are being treated with extraordinary kindness, care and even dignity, while Iraq's breaches have been major, and these US PoWs appear to be receiving extremely harsh treatment.
Even more worrying to me, though, are the reports that US prisoners may have been shot after surrendering, while the footage of a mob shooting the reed beds beside the Euphrates (suspecting that they might hide a downed allied airman) was shocking and worrying. The impression last time was that allied aircrew could expect decent treatment until they fell into the hands of what Danny refers to as the 'sodomisers', it now looks like they will be in danger from semi-organised lynch mobs from the moment they hit the ground. Let's hope that anyone involved is prosecuted/punished post war.
I hope to god that no more aircrew (following the Tornado loss yesterday) are even injured, let alone killed or forced to bail out over enemy territory. Let's all hope that the spotters count you all back.....