But if you grant him POW status, you treat him as a captured soldier and not a criminal terrorist.
The Bush administration claims he is a criminal terrorist, and therefore will not treat him as a POW.
But if he is a criminal terrorist, you eventually have to give him some sort of trial. This would prove that he deserves punishment whether the war ends or not.
Even if they are legally classed as and treated as POWs, they can still be charged with war crimes, correct?
Fifteen of our soldiers are facing trial on charges of rape and murder. I believe the maximum penalty under the UCMJ is death.
These terrorists have killed thousands. They should be given no better treatment than our own soldiers. A fair trial in some appropriate forum (be it a military tribunal, a criminal court, or another Nuremberg trial) then punishment under the law.