[muawiyah]

Almost forgot the other point ~ when it comes to war the other side(s) really don't care if you've gone through a lot of legal due process. They are going to pursue the war in their own way, relying on their own strengths and your weaknesses.

At the moment it would seem we have the upper hand to a greater degree than was expected by the enemy or you'd be in some serious trouble ~ from them because you are here (to be targeted), and from us (because you want to tie our hands so we can't respond to the enemy).

[HiTech RedNeck]

If they were marched in front of a secret military tribunal it would be morally superior to this limbo. Let the tribunal sentence them to death if it will, but have the President promise to stay the sentence if they spill sufficient beans. Of course the tribunal might chance to set them free... that's the Constitutional breaks, baby.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Are we to preserve a republic by making being a republic at all optional on the whim of the executive? That's a dictatorship. Don't think George W. Bush; think John Kerry. Or Hillary Clinton. Whatever we do has to be able to withstand RINOs and Rats.

[inquest]

You are free to pretend there aren't folks out to kill us.

You are free to imagine that I am.

Almost forgot the other point...

There was no other point. You initially stated that a court ruling against the administration would deter our forces from taking POWs in time of war. I explained to you why that was wrong. All you have in response is a bunch of unimpressive chest-thumping.