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To: Lumberjack
Oh, yes, please go on. please explain to me how Al Qaeda and Taliban terorists from Afghanistan, captured in a military operation, are to be guaranteed the same courtesies as US citizens, particularly while their cohorts are still plotting against us.

Gee, let's have them all on trial with Derschowitz as their counsel.

I personally dont care if those guys sit in Gitmo for the next 20 years.

461 posted on 08/29/2002 7:08:39 PM PDT by Miss Marple
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To: Miss Marple
Roosevelt had executed in a secret miliary trial those German saboteurs during time of war, and SCOTUS upheld him. Maybe FDR overreacted, but our precious liberties mustg not reach so far as to constitute a suicide pact. There must be a certain level of realistic practicality. Civil trials for some of these folks would be ludicrous. The standard for incarcerating these foreign perps cannot be beyond a reasonable doubt, and cannot be allowed to be a media circus run on Arab TV, at least until the threat subsides. JMO.
475 posted on 08/29/2002 7:13:37 PM PDT by Torie
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To: Miss Marple
I personally dont care if those guys sit in Gitmo for the next 20 years.

Nor I. May they reap the seeds they've sown!

574 posted on 08/29/2002 8:32:04 PM PDT by Freemeorkillme
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