----- Original Message ----- From: "Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLWPD/RZO/BOZO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 2:13 AM Subject: RE: Treatment Of Prisoners (was RE: Tragedy in Israel)
> > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > > Van: Robert Seeberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Verzonden: Monday, January 14, 2002 00:36 > > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Onderwerp: Re: Treatment Of Prisoners (was RE: Tragedy in Israel) > > > > Do we or don't we believe in the principal of innocent until proven > > > guilty? It's not the kind of thing we can apply selectively, is it? > > > John, and apparently many others have, by making statements like > > > these, pronounced all of these detainees guilty without even the > > > benefit of their military tribunal. > > > > > I understand what you mean Doug, but everyone of these guys is at > > least guilty of pointing guns at American soldiers (not all that much > > of a "crime" by itself). > > True. If pointing a gun at your enemy during combat would be a crime, every > soldier who was ever been in actual combat would be a criminal. > > And the lawyers of "these guys" would probably argue that their clients were > acting in self-defense anyway... > Point being that that was the *minimum* activity they were guilty of. xponent rob
