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Originally posted by budski
reply to post by semperfortis
It was not a leading question - the fact that you failed to answer it, and indeed avoided it does not mean it was a leading question.
Do you deny that circumstances and experience can change and mould a person into something they would not otherwise be?
Originally posted by semperfortis
Fight and if I get captured attempt to escape and once free, ATTACK AGAIN..
Exactly my point in this thread.
However, your use of the word "Invade" is grammatically incorrect as the percentage of Iraqi and Afghanistan Citizens that are being kept is small I believe, if I am not mistaken. I could be wrong. (Wont be the first time)
As of January 17, 2009, approximately 245 detainees remained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Originally posted by semperfortis
Sorry,
I probably used the word Grammatically wrong..
My fingers are tired..
No offense intended
I am also not sure of the numbers; I remember reading somewhere a breakdown and many were from Syria and Saudi, but as for the exact numbers it has eluded me.
Originally posted by semperfortis
The United States signed the GC, but it in no way regulates the actions taken in a conflict without a sovereign declared enemy..
The Bush administration has repeatedly described the 450-500 men detained at Guantanamo as "the worst of the worst." In the words of Vice President Dick Cheney (June 23, 2005), "The people that are there are people we picked up on the battlefield, primarily in Afghanistan. They’re terrorists. They’re bomb makers. They’re facilitators of terror. They’re members of Al Qaeda and the Taliban….
The Bush administration has so far rejected calls to close down Guantanamo Bay, with officials saying that while the military is working to establish the status of the "enemy combatants," most are terrorists who would harm the United States if released.
"To suggest that these enemy combatants that are detained at Guantanamo Bay should be released just is simply beyond reason. These are dangerous individuals who were picked up on the battlefield ... in the fight against American forces," McClellan said.
Art 4. A. Prisoners of war, in the sense of the present Convention, are persons belonging to one of the following categories, who have fallen into the power of the enemy:
(1) Members of the armed forces of a Party to the conflict, as well as members of militias or volunteer corps forming part of such armed forces.
(2) Members of other militias and members of other volunteer corps, including those of organized resistance movements, belonging to a Party to the conflict and operating in or outside their own territory, even if this territory is occupied, provided that such militias or volunteer corps, including such organized resistance movements, fulfil the following conditions:[
(a) that of being commanded by a person responsible for his subordinates;
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(c) that of carrying arms openly;
(d) that of conducting their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war.
(3) Members of regular armed forces who profess allegiance to a government or an authority not recognized by the Detaining Power.
Originally posted by semperfortis
Please refer to several posts past.
This has been covered
Do you think these people would have committed "terrorist" offenses had they NOT been in gitmo?
Originally posted by semperfortis
reply to post by intrepid
I agree with what your saying and the concept.
However, that does not in anyway excuse criminal or terrorist actions.
Also remember that in my scenario we are talking absolutes.. "They ARE responsible... etc
In your scenario, there are "Possibilities"... "Possibly innocent.
Semper
Originally posted by semperfortis
reply to post by budski
Do you think these people would have committed "terrorist" offenses had they NOT been in gitmo?
Yes I do..
Semper