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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