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To: Izzy Dunne
Sounds remarkably like Gitmo, except for who might qualify for admittance...

Except those in Gitmo where caught on the battlefield, thus it is punitive, Bambi is calling for preemptive.

21 posted on 05/21/2009 8:13:42 AM PDT by mnehring
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To: mnehring; Izzy Dunne

For the record, are all at Gitmo caught on the battlefield?

There seem to be some that were caught by others and turned over to the USA. They are at Gitmo rather than being brought to the mainland.


144 posted on 05/21/2009 10:13:54 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Crucify ! Crucify ! Crucify him!!)
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To: mnehring
Except those in Gitmo where caught on the battlefield, thus it is punitive,

Not all of them. Many, like the guy they are bringing to NY City for trial, were captured in other countries. Pakistan in that particular case. Also in that case he'd been indicted for a crime committed before 9-11, but still not in the US. (Bombing of embassy in Africa).

But we have to stop treating terrorism as a criminal matter. That's how we got 9-11. They are making war, illegal undeclared war but still war, on us. They need to be treated accordingly. That is, since the war is illegal, and since they do not wage it as part of any country's armed forces, or as uniformed rebel combatants, they are in effect the same as pirates. Motivated by ideology rather than avarice, but pirates none the less. Pirates are subject to detention, summary trial or courts martial, and execution, pretty much on the spot, or as convenient to the capturing military forces.

233 posted on 05/21/2009 5:43:58 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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