>The GC doesn't apply to these people but we now pretend it does. What's your basis for saying it doesn't?
>We're talking about prisoners from current wars that are being held in >accordance with the GC. who said they will be detained after the >fighting stops? which fighting? The war on terror, scheduled to last the rest of our lives? >You're confusing the general war on terror with the individual wars in >Afghanistan and Iraq. But let me point out while al Qaeda may not have >a country to be in war against their members are still at war with us >and the rules of war apply. right! They should. And they have not, so far. >US civilian law can't apply on the battle field, you said so yourself >when you called it the fog of war. who said anything about civilian law? >You really hate this country and the military don't you. You forgot to mention Mom, apple pie and baby Jesus. >> That having >> been said, ~200 have been released and some have gone right back to >> battle. > >Doesn't that conflict with your last point that they were framed? No, he is just pointing out a shade of grey. Not everyone there is evil; not everyone there is innocent. >We can't apply the laws of the land to the battlefield unless you want >to surrender the land Nice fallacy. I smell Rush. >If the terrorists have more rights than we do, ie the marines from >Haditha in shackles, then they win. No, nobody has given them more rights, whatver Rush may have said. >They use our laws to defeat us. Then we have no laws to fight for. Another fallacy. This decision is a triumph of actual law over politics. "They," meaning the terorists or enemies of America I suppose, had nothing to do with it. A court of law, duly appointed in accordance with the law of the land, said that the president was wrong, and this despite the fact that most of its members personally support him, and arguably bent the law a great deal in getting him into office. No matter how much you disagree with it, it is a product of the American judicial process and it invalidates one practice (not law) and does nothing at all to the rest of our laws, emotional slippery-slope arguments to the contrary. Dana ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:210554 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
