An American Hero

Thousands honor Staff Sgt. Matt Maupin

Military personnel and supporters from across the country joined an Ohio family Sunday at a memorial service for an Army reservist whose remains were found in Iraq last month, nearly four years after his capture.

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Our condolences go out to his family and his unit.

These people know no law. The Geneva Conventions of War are very specific on the treatment of POW's.

Article 3 of the Conventions:

To this end the following acts are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever with respect to the above-mentioned persons:

(a) Violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture;

(b) Taking of hostages;

(c) Outrages upon personal dignity, in particular, humiliating and degrading treatment;

(d) The passing of sentences and the carrying out of executions without previous judgment pronounced by a regularly constituted court affording all the judicial guarantees which are recognized as indispensable by civilized peoples.

And like other barbarians before them, they ignore it. They torture, kidnap, degrade, and kill the POW's. They hold them for random. American and coalition forces know that to be captured by Jihadists, is to be tortured and killed.

His parents Keith and Carolyn Maupin founded the Yellow Ribbon Support Center. Which sends support packages to our troops. They vow to continue this work.