davidmc said:I, and other's, contend that these individuals are illegal combatants. They are not an army of a nation. They reside inside no borders. Simply put, they are cheater's when it comes to warfare-illegal combatants. And being thus, are not entitled to treatment as outlined in the Geneva convention. They are a criminal element. They do not wear uniforms as our soldiers do. They base their existence on the belief that this is only a stepping stone to reaching heaven & recieving-what?-22 virgins as a reward for blowing themselves up in a marketplace filled w/ women & children . All the while disenfranchising their women & living by sharia. They still bull-whip their citizens in the town square for petty offenses & chop off limbs for same. They're living in the stone-age. I say "feck em'
I'm not a lawyer (so maybe Fred or JHuskey can help me here).
As I understand it, one is either a soldier or a criminal, in this particular circumstance.
If one is a soldier (combatant), one is subject to Geneva.
If one is subject to criminality, then they're subject to the criminla law.
Quantanemo is limbo.
If these men are guilty - why aren't they charged with anything ?
If these men are guilty - I would support throwing away the key.
BUT, we have been subject to continuous lies from the Bush administration, and I know who's bona fides I question and it's not the people in Quantanemo.
The British authorities did not charge or prosecute the men who were illegally held in Cuba, on their return to Britain.
And let me tell you the British have been dealing with terrorism a lot longer than your lot - if there was even a whiff of terrorism about these men, the book would have been thrown at these guys.
An acquaintance of mine got in to some trouble with the British authorities and terrorism and they act if there is any hint of terrorism.