Germany and Japan surrendered.

On 7/3/05, Gruss Gott wrote:
> > Dana wrote:
> > we don't have to allow
> > this so therefore we don't. I believe the excuse is security
> 
> That's the danger - power tends to corrupt.  Allowing the State to
> jail people without due process is corrupt.  The POW argument is
> valid, but only in times of war which have typically been times of
> invasion.
> 
> For example, WWII was declared over when the Germans were expelled
> from foreign countries and faced the razing for their own country.
> 
> The "war on terror" isn't that type of war.  By its definition it been
> happening forever and will continue forever so normal POW rules don't
> apply.
> 
> You have to ask why the POW rules were in place to begin with: an
> attempt to force our enemies to treat our soldiers with the civility
> we were fighting for.  What are saying to the world if we capture
> prisoners and throw them into a black hole?
> 
>

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