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There's no such legal term as an "illegal enemy combatant". That was an invented term of the Bush administration that was used as a loophole to engage in things that were unconstitutional, and the Supreme Court has spoken against it. There are only prisoners of war and common criminals. Stateless terrorists fall in the latter category, like it or not.
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Criminals (or my preferred term, illegal combatants) are NOT subject to the same treatment as legal combatants. They have lesser protections under the treaty. Finally, would you say that the Nuremberg Trials were fair or unfair? Here's an argument concerning the applicability of the conventions. Agree or disagree, fine with me. http://useu.usmission.gov/Dossiers/Detainee_Issues/Dec1007_Bellinger_PrisonersOfWar.asp |
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Actually there is a definition of legal combatant [see article 4 in http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/91.htm] for determining who is entitled to the protection of Prisoner of War status. Combatants not meeting these tests may be dealt with by summary execution. [Geneva convention excerpt] A. Prisoners of war, in the sense of the present Convention, are persons belonging to one of the following categories, who have fallen into the power of the enemy:[ end of excerpt] Note that to be entitled to protection under the conventions, persons in the categories of organized militias, resistance movements and "Inhabitants ... spontaneously take up arms" are afforded protected status only when they 'respect the laws and customs of war'. The purpose of following the convention is to assure humane treatment of soldiers from your side who 'fall into the power' of the enemy. |
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As to the Nuremberg Trials, I haven't studied them enough to render a verdict on their fairness.
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Read-up on Nuremberg and compare them to the system more recently passed into law. |
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I think the liberals call them "jaywalkers". They can't believe why we have them detained.....
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My guess is that some dangerous and guilty people will walk free because the Bush administration so completely screwed up the evidence against them, there will be no way to convict them of anything. So, unless there is some other basis for holding them, the law (remember that word, "law", it just came back in style about 2 days ago) will require that they be released. |
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It's Bush's fault for not treating enemy combatants like common criminals. Like we did German POW's.
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Ahh so article 2B, C, and maybe A is what gets the Gitmo guys.
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Bingo. I believe that is why we should abide by them regardless.
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Ask them WTF they want them......they don't know.
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We need to start an Adopt-an-Al Qaeda program. Every terrorist is just reaching out for love and understanding. They don't intend violence, they just want to be heard.
Here's a fine candidate for adoption. A real go-getter! http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/23/mideast/detainee.1-414168.php B Last edited by Botnst; 01-23-2009 at 07:45 AM. |
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What is the definition of POW and will those detainees fit the defined description?
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We don't need such a program. We have open borders and chain migration from regions that are openly hostile to the United States. That we weren't attacked again following 9/11 can only mean that no one seriously wanted to attack us. I don't deny the threat at all; I just can't credit Guantanamo Bay or Lindy England with preserving my freedom.
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