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.
I have the greatest respect for our men and women in combat arms on the front lines. I have little enough for the rear echelon bureaucrats who are about the same as bureaucrats anywhere.
Trust? I presume you have been following the case of the prosecution of the Haditha marines? When the heavy thumb of political influence is placed upon the scales of military justice any result is possible. It is Rumsfeld's most disreputable act.