dianavan,

"Is that remark necessary?"

Yes. YOU stated that you believe that Hezbollah was not a signatory to the Geneva Conventions, and thus did not need to abide by them. I was pointing out that forces such as Hezbollah are ONLY given the protection of "combatant" status IF they abide by the Conventions: If not, they can be summarily executed as illegal combatants ( or spies): You seem to approve of that state of affairs, by your comments.

If they can violate the Conventions without being brought to justice, they can also be executed without the protections of those Conventions that they have chosen to ignore.