A few thoughts...

If the US Constitution is a "living, breathing document", then shouldn't the same hold true for the Geneva convention? Therefore, if Anthony Kennedy or Ruth Ginsburg can invent new applications for the Constitution, why can't George Bush or Alberto Gonzales do the same with the Geneva Convention?

Why is it that many of the people (neocons) who think America has some obligation (or legitimate authority) to prevent China from opposing a Taiwanese secession also think that one or more of the United States may not secede from the Union? If Taiwan is only bound to China for so long as the People of Taiwan so choose, why is the same not true of Floridians or Californians?