What is the role of the red cross in this war? I have heard some say that the red cross has declared that some or all of the prisoners were innocent in the abuse/torture incident. Ok but I don't understand why them saying that matters. How are they an authority on the issue?
A search of the red cross website gave the info below in the faq section found here
http://www.redcross.org/faq/0,1096,0_315_,00.html#387
Am i missing something? I am not Red Cross bashing in any way shape or form. I highly respect the work they do to help the needy and wounded. I just don't understand their role beyond helping injured in war time situations.
"U.S. Armed Forces have highly skilled medical staff as part of their fighting force, why does the American Red Cross send its members into battle?
In 1905, the U.S. Congress granted a charter to the American Red Cross that required it to act "in accord with the military authorities as a medium of communication between the people of the United States and their armed forces." Since then, the Red Cross has provided communications and other humanitarian services to help members of the U.S. military and their families around the world. Living and working in the same difficult situations and dangerous environment as U.S. troops, Red Cross staff have given comfort to soldiers thousands of miles from home by providing emergency messages, about deaths and births, for example, comfort kits and blank cards for troops to send home to loved ones"