Actually, liberals say the enemy should get treated like common criminal all the time.
If it were up to me John Walker Lindh would have died in the Afghan hell hole of his own choosing as should any “former” American fighting for the enemy.
However, America is a land of enemies in the eyes of the democrats and only a fool would allow them to kill at will.
And now we are down the rabbit hole. The libs define “enemy” as us. They define “combat” as doing anything that opposes them.
Paranoid? Not at all. The libs have a long history of redefining anything to mean what they want it to mean in order to get whatever it is they want at that time.
“Is” - Clinton
“Marriage” - Gay rights advocates
“Enemy” - 0bama/Holder
“Combat” - 0bama/Holder
“Choice” - abortion right activists
“community organizer” - rabble rousers and their followers
I’m sure you can think of other words to add to the list.