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Sean Hannity ‘Not Sure’ If He Supports Geneva Conventions

Posted by Ellen -7859.80pc on December 16, 2015 · Flag

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Leave it to torture-cheerleader Sean Hannity to turn up his nose at the humane treatment of civilians, captured soldiers and others caught up in war.

The International Committee of the Red Cross says the treaties of the Geneva Conventions “limit the barbarity of war” and  “protect people who do not take part in the fighting (civilians, medics, aid workers) and those who can no longer fight (wounded, sick and shipwrecked troops, prisoners of war)."

But, apparently, standards of decency are not for the war-loving, torture enthusiast who never spent a minute putting his own fanny on the line for his country, Sean Hannity.

In a post-debate discussion with Senator Rand Paul last night, Media Matters caught the following exchange:

PAUL: I’m all for going after as many records as we can get of terrorists. I just ask that it be done in an individualized fashion where you put a person’s name on a warrant. You say, “We have suspicion they did X,” and then you get a judge to sign it. I’m just not for sweeping things. Donald Trump’s talking about closing down the Internet. To close the internet would violate the Constitution and would specifically violate the First Amendment. So I think when he says these outlandish things, someone needs to call him on it, so I was glad I did.

…He says other things like, “Well, we should kill the terrorists’ families.” So we’re going to kill, like, their two-year-old kids, their four-year-old kids? And the thing is, that to kill bystanders and non-combatants goes against what America stands for… and goes against the Geneva Convention.

HANNITY: There was an exec - I’m not so sure if I agree with all the Geneva Conventions and whether or not other countries follow those rules. There’s a separate debate. But there’s an executive order, I believe President Ford at the time, that prohibits the assassination of foreign leaders. I think if we got an opportunity to take out an evil foreign leader, that we’d be wise to do so.

Rule of law? That’s so only-for-people-Hannity-dislikes!

Watch it below, from the December 15 post-debate Hannity show, via Media Matters.

(Updated 3/1/2020)

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Richard Santalone commented 2015-12-18 08:00:16 -0500 · Flag
From Ellen’s comment:

“But, apparently, like his chickenhawk pal, Dick Cheney, Hannity must have had “other priorities.” "

Yes indeed Ellen — and I wonder if, like “Five Deferment Dick”, BANGING HIS WIFE was at the top of KKKlannity’s so-called “priority list”??

;^)

[if my memory serves me correctly, Lynne Cheney became pregnant in the mid-1960s — that pregnancy resulted in the birth of her daughter Liz Cheney on July 28, 1966]
Ellen commented 2015-12-18 01:42:26 -0500 · Flag
The oldest you can join the Marines is 29 so that might not have worked for Hannity in 1991. But there were plenty of other service opportunities available to him. But, apparently, like his chickenhawk pal, Dick Cheney, Hannity must have had “other priorities.”
Ellen commented 2015-12-18 01:40:28 -0500 · Flag
Richard, I believe you are correct.

I’m not sure when and where Hannity went to school but according to Britannica.com, he was born on December 30, 1961.
http://www.britannica.com/biography/Sean-Hannity

The Gulf war went from August 1990 to mid-January, 1991.
http://www.history.com/topics/persian-gulf-war

Hannity would have been 29. According to the military’s current rules, Hannity could have joined the Army, the Coast Guard, the Marines or the Navy.
http://www.military.com/join-armed-forces/join-the-military-basic-eligibility.html
Richard Santalone commented 2015-12-17 12:52:01 -0500 · Flag
@ Ellen How RIGHT you are Ellen. Correct me if I’m wrong, but KKKlannity is a 1980 graduate of the now-defunct St. Pius X Prepatory Seminary which was located in Uniondale, NY, am I correct? I graduated from high school in June 1981. Ergo, KKKlannity WAS eligible to sign up for “Operation Desert Shield” and “Operation Desert Storm” (i.e. the first Iraq war) in 1990, am I correct?
David Lindsay commented 2015-12-17 07:02:31 -0500 · Flag
To be fair to Hannity would be to waterboard him like his own big mouth dared. Thanks for pitching the softball Rusty.
Ellen commented 2015-12-17 02:25:58 -0500 · Flag
Sorry, Rusty but I think it is completely fair to criticize Hannity for not volunteering. A guy who plays the role of super patriot and clamors for wars for other people to fight and die in is nothing but a big fat hypocrite if he couldn’t be bothered – or was too chicken – to actually serve his country when he had the chance.
Gary Henrichsen commented 2015-12-16 22:30:36 -0500 · Flag
To be fair to Hannity. He was born too late to be drafted into the military. Just because he didn’t volunteer should not be the basis of negative comments.
Barbara S commented 2015-12-16 21:06:35 -0500 · Flag
Luckily, nobody of impotance gives a good GD about Sean’s beliefs
David Lindsay commented 2015-12-16 17:25:58 -0500 · Flag
Senator Rand Paul gets out of the clown car and comes off as somewhat decent.

Of course that’s sorta like being the tallest guy in a village of pygmies.
mj - the same one commented 2015-12-16 16:18:35 -0500 · Flag
Sean Hannity ‘Not Sure’ If He Supports Geneva Conventions

Hey Sean — why don’t you follow through on that waterboarding promise you made almost five years ago . . . I’ll bet you’ll be sure afterward . . .

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Thomas Hoovler commented 2015-12-16 16:12:33 -0500 · Flag
Uh, excuse me Mr. Hannity, but wasn’t it taking out a foreign leader that started this whole mess to begin with?
scooter commented 2015-12-16 16:10:19 -0500 · Flag
Sean Hannity is once again displaying his astonishing ignorance for all to see. The hubris and arrogance of this pig-eyed sack of crap is simply unbelievable. If ever there was a candidate for coal in his stocking, or being taken away by the Krampus – Sean is it.
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