You would expect this to happen.  Things like the Geneva Conventions are artifacts of roughly symmetric wars, where one could reasonably expect treatment &amp; retaliation to be reciprocal.  This explains things like restrictions on, eg, hollow point bullets - it&#x27;s easy enough for everyone to use them, and it only serves to increase the severity of the conflict with no change in relative outcomes.<p>Now that the US doesn&#x27;t actually fear having large numbers of troops captured, and even if they did their opponents have no desire to reciprocate treatment, they&#x27;re &quot;free&quot; to engage in whatever horrific behavior they would like, and vise versa.<p>Lind is good on this: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Generation-Warfare-Handbook-William-Lind-ebook&#x2F;dp&#x2F;B017IP1JM2" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Generation-Warfare-Handbook-William-Li...</a>