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Originally Posted by aklim
But are they common criminals or POWs? I'm not convinced that they automatically fit under those descriptions.
Works for me.
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I believe that your perspective is in-line with both Bush & Obama and I believe it is a mistake. Ambiguous definitions encourage ambiguity of purpose. The Conventions have essentially 3 categories: Combatants, noncombatants and criminals. Combatants are further subdivided into subcategories.
If they had simply chosen a category for each captive and treated them accordingly then we would not be into all this lawyerly crap.