[Congressman Billybob]

You have a clear misunderstanding of the Rule of War. Try reading my article. If you really want to do your homework, read the unanimous Quirin decision in 1942, which explains exactly why the Rule of Law (much older than the US), was incorporated into US law by Congress in 1789.

Or, you can read a history book on the American Revolution, and reflect on the legal authority which General Washington used to try, convict, and then hang Major John Andre, the contact for General Benedict Arnold in the intended betrayal of the garrison at West Point.

The government is obeying the Law of War, here. It is the Court which ignored the Law of War in this decision, primarily by running away from its own unanimous decision in Quirin. You have a lot of reading to do before you will demonstrate an understanding of what you are posting about.

John / Billybob

[jude24]

Quirin was decided before Nuremburg.

There is no way we can honestly hold other countries accountable for unwritten laws of war, and then duck the Geneva Convention's protocols. That would be the epitome of hypocrisy.

You have a lot of reading to do before you will demonstrate an understanding of what you are posting about.

Just because I disagree - and operate from different assumptions - does not mean that I don't understand.