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glazerboy wrote:

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"POW" is a specific legal definition agreed to by international treaty. POWs are captured members of an enemy's UNIFORMED armed forces, and are kept for the duration of the war, under specific restrictions and limitations on how they may be treated, and released without condition when the war is over.

BushCo wants the detainees at Gitmo to be called "enemy combatants", erasing the restrictions and limitations placed on treatment of POWs.

nonononono, define how to treat terrorists who do not fight for a country or under any banner. it is an undefined circumstance under geneva.

For those who skipped 8th grade social studies, the Constitution applies to all people on American soil, whether a citizen or not.

what part of Iraq and Afghanistan is American soil, thus insuring these captives American rights???

But hey, if you want the federal government to have the power to grab anybody, at anytime, for any reason, and lock them away forever without charges or a trial or access to legal counsel, maybe you should consider moving to a country like North Korea. Cuz I'm sure NO government would EVER abuse that kind of power. Ever.

Instead of drawing with such an overly broad brush, why not praise a gov't that has actually protected it's citizens since 9/11 while keeping aholes like Flute, I mean known terrorists under the water spigot?