[LTCJ]

A point of order. Virtually none of these people are POWs and have no rights as such. They are illegal combatants under the law of war and according to international treaty could be executed with no legal repercussions. Any pretender to the position of Commander and Chief should not only be aware of this but damned well willing to carry it out.

[DoughtyOne]

A point of order. Virtually none of these people are POWs and have no rights as such. They are illegal combatants under the law of war and according to international treaty could be executed with no legal repercussions. Any pretender to the position of Commander and Chief should not only be aware of this but damned well willing to carry it out.

You're not going to get any beef from me over that.  I've been making the same point for months.  The point is, even if you address this as if they were lawful combatants, John is dead wrong.  And if you recognize them as the unlawful combatants they are, he's a flat out moron for trying to advocate for their 'due process' rights.

We hold these people as long as we want.  End of story.  If we were to push for execution, I do think it reasoned to give them a military trial, definately not a civil trial.