[jamiefoxer]

I am disappointed...it's a huge stain on our legal system, our values, and what we claim to stand for....

We should give them all trials, and seperate the Al-Qaeda ones from Taliban or Iraqi insurgnets ones.

Al-Qaeda ones are guilty of international war crimes for terrorism and other non-state, illegal warfare attacks. IMPRISON them IF PROVEN guilty in a court of law.

Iraqi Insurgents or taliban Resistance fighters are entitled to POW status (just like our soldiers are), and should be held according to the Geneva Conventions, and then released after the end of our conflicts with their countries.

That's the letter of the law, folks. Either we stand up for our laws and our commitments to international law, or we start making it up as we go...in which case, we're no different than any other non-law-abiding regime. This is not a conservative or liberal position or issue...it's a question of what is legally mandated that we do.

[xsmommy]

what is a legal studies major? an undergraduate majoring in PRELAW?

[processing please hold]

You talk like a DU'er. Begone.

[khnyny]

[Iraqi Insurgents or taliban Resistance fighters]

I was wondering how long it would take someone to call them "resistance fighters", gag me.


[This is not a conservative or liberal position or issue...it's a question of what is legally mandated that we do.]

Well, the Nazis did everything "legally mandated" through a hijacked court system too, so your argument is really meaningless.

[Praxeus]

"This is not a conservative or liberal position or issue...it's a question of what is legally mandated that we do"

No, it is a question of our nation's survival.

[freedumb2003]

Most trolls wait a day or so before revealing themselves.

[Jameison]

"I am disappointed...it's a huge stain on our legal system, our values, and what we claim to stand for.... "

What is indeed a huge stain on what we stand for is the New York Slimes, leaking out our vital national security intelligence to Al Quaeda, and in effect , acting as the Counter-inteligence department of a terrorist organization, sworn to the destruction of this country.

Your values of strong support for Al Quaeda (symptom of BDS)are certainly NOT my values or the values of the overwhlmimng majority of Americans.
That is why we keep clobbering your idiots in election after election, and are set to take you out again, some November..as usual,. especially after this ruling.

[lepton]

Iraqi Insurgents or taliban Resistance fighters are entitled to POW status (just like our soldiers are), and should be held according to the Geneva Conventions, and then released after the end of our conflicts with their countries.

That's the letter of the law, folks.

No, it's not. Not even close. Not if they don't abide by the rules of warfare. Every one that attempted to blend in with civilians committed a punishable violation of the Geneva Conventions. Now, the Iraqi soldiers we fought and captured? With the exception of a few held for crimes, they were released long ago...

Also, among other things, the Taliban was never the government of Afghanistan. Even at that, we released their marked soldiers unless we had specific evidence of a crime.