It seems funny that you are "for" the values that were set back in a
different time (Geneva, etc), but seemingly against other values that sprung
forth during that same time (wholesome, christian family values).

Not guilty. I am not against wholesome family values, Christian or otherwise.

Maybe
those "rules" of war are outdated in these modern times, as you liberals say
the Christian values are?

Since you introduced Christianity- how would Jesus treat these prisoners? Would
he inflict painful or demeaning punishments while proclaiming "An eye for an
eye and a tooth for a tooth?" Maybe not, according to passages like Matthew 5:
39-50

If Christianity isn't obsolete, how could an agreement (convention) that people
captured during a war would be treated humanely be obsolete? I don't think that
can swing two ways.

In
some cases, we simply sweep a neighborhood and scoop up all the military
age
men.

Cite?

The release of almost 2000 prisoners after the Abu Grhaib scandal broke last
spring.
They would never have let these people go
if they had any real evidence they had been shooting at US troops.

Meanwhile, we did just *arrest* Sadam, proving we
aren't barbarians, huh?

It will take more than one isolated act to prove, or disprove, our barbarity.