We would do the same to their POWs. However, it isn't a perfect world. But we still abide by the rules of capturing illegal enemy combatants (they are not a legal part of any military, thus not POWs), but we still give them food/water ect...
I had been wondering about the "illegal enemy combatant" thing for a while and this makes it fairly clear what the US considers an "illegal enemy combatant". Just as a little bit of clarification: I was wondering if all guerrilla fighters are now considered illegal enemy combatants. It seems that the only two countries against which we might fight a protracted ground war with a well defined front and legal militaries would be Russia or China. If we ever get involved with a small country wouldn't that practically make anyone who fights for their home an illegal combatant? I can't think of a single other country that might be able to defend itself against the US in a war so by necessity all engagements would be of the nature of the ones in Iraq. I am wondering if we are on our way to simply bowing out of the
Geneva Convention like we have bowed out of so many other treaties recently?
Also, I didn’t notice illegal enemy combatants in the Geneva Conventions. What are the rules of capturing illegal enemy combatants?
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