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Originally posted by djohnsto77
Even if they were under the Geneva Conventions, they'd still be held until the war was over as covered POWs.
Originally posted by djohnsto77
The Geneva Conventions recognizes wars between sovereign nations. If this was a war between sovereign nations, we'd still hold covered POWs until the war was over, that's the point.
This is a war between us and a loosely knit group of terrorists, and they aren't even covered by that so legally we can line them up and shoot them in the back of the head upon capture on a foreign battlefield. They're lucky to be in Gitmo IMHO.
Originally posted by djohnsto77
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They should be kept incarcerated until the War on Terror or the Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism or whatever it's called is over.
Even if they were under the Geneva Conventions, they'd still be held until the war was over as covered POWs.
Originally posted by djohnsto77
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And this war will end someday, and then whomever is held at that time by any nation as a POW can be released. It's up to those who started the war -- the violent extemists -- to end it.
Originally posted by djohnsto77
My government is trying to protect me. One of the greatest threats is people with views like you who'd tie the government's hands with silly politically correct barriers to good policy.