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To: wfu_deacons
So you want illegal combatants to have the same rights as legitimate prisoners of war?

No, but how do you know that they are illegal combatants? Because some supply sergeant said so, or because there is an evidenciary hearing wherein the time manner and place of the individual capture are demonstrated as well as evidence of his activities which suggest that he actually was engaged in combatant activities while not in uniform, etc.

57 posted on 06/15/2008 2:44:35 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: AndyJackson

No, but how do you know that they are illegal combatants? Because some supply sergeant said so,

Supply sargeant?
Do supply sargeants conduct covert operations into enemy territory? Do they patrol and fight on the front lines and capture the enemy?
How in the world do you figure that supply sargeants will be the ones capturing the enemy?

You seem to have a profound distrust of the military.

You sound like a du troll just stirring up trouble.

I bet if someone like bill clinton did the same thing you would be completely for it.


61 posted on 06/15/2008 2:50:09 PM PDT by smoketree (the insanity, the lunacy these days)
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To: AndyJackson

How do we know that the tens of thousands German POWs were in fact POWs? We don’t.


80 posted on 06/15/2008 3:25:10 PM PDT by wfu_deacons
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To: AndyJackson

This argument is absurd. The prosecutor will produce what evidence there is against them at trial (military) and they will be judged accordingly.

A laptop with phone numbers picked up in Iraq. A phone number leads to a potential throat slitter in Pakistan who has a record (according to Pakistan) of being part of a terrorist network. Intercepts from NSA indicate this phone was used by “someone” to converse with folks in Iran.

Sufficient evidence - guilty - 10 years at hard labor.

Part of this program is to “send a message” that these
creeps will get the short circuit after 6 years in jail.


99 posted on 06/15/2008 3:59:09 PM PDT by threeoeight
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