Not to be outdone, Ann Coulter gets in on the lying

In her most recent dim and irrational loony rant, entitled "MUSLIMS: 'WE DO THAT ON FIRST DATES'," Upper East Side Ann begins so:

"Without any pretense of an argument, which liberals are neurologically incapable of, the mainstream media are now asserting that our wussy interrogation techniques at Guantanamo constituted 'torture' and have irreparably harmed America's image abroad."

ZING! Wow. Good one, Ann. I guess neither the laws of the United States and the U.S. Constitution provide a good basis upon which to form an argument in her opinion. She does, however, manage to include all the ingredients she needs to get people to read her stupid column: an insult to an entire group of people, a childishly silly (her intellect level, after all) claim, and the big L word.

Now first of all, let's just establish that after 5 minutes with a few CIA interrogators using the techniques she calls "wussy," Ann would wet herself and start crying. But that's entirely beside the point. And of course there are other things in her article that I (or any 5-year old) could take apart, but let's just get straight to the lying. At one point, Ann states:

"As non-uniformed combatants, all of the detainees at Guantanamo could have been summarily shot on the battlefield under the Laws of War."

Not only is our dear Ann wrong, she's like extra, super-duper wrong. Let's do a quick review of the relevant international law on the subject:

"Every human being has the inherent right to life. This right shall be protected by law. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life."(International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR - 1966, Article 6.1)

" [The Death] penalty can only be carried out pursuant to a final judgment rendered by a competent court" (ICCPR (1966), Article 6.2)

"In the determination of any criminal charge against him, or of his rights and obligations in a suit at law, everyone shall be entitled to a fair and public hearing by a competent, independent and impartial tribunal established by law. (ICCPR (1966), Article 14.1)"

And finally, the real kick in the pants for Mr. Coulter:

"No sentence shall be passed and no penalty shall be executed on a person found guilty of an offence except pursuant to a conviction pronounced by a court offering the essential guarantees of independence and impartiality." (Second Protocol of the Geneva Conventions (1977) Art 6.2)

Anyway, instead of tearing the rest of her stupid article apart - I'll leave that to a 6th grader - I'll just leave it at this.