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Originally posted by grover
the Taliban were the legitimate government of Afghanistan at the time we invaded, we were attacking, he waas fighting for the government. he deserves the same rights accorded to POW's.
Originally posted by ShatteredSkies
I seemed to have read somewhere on this thread that The United States has a base in Cuba because we force it on them. Well according to a treaty that the Cuban Government signed back when the United States fought the Spanish and liberated Cuba from Spanish rule; Cuba forfeits that land that the Base is plotted on and it is American territory. It's written in ink people, not because we force it on them, but because it's there indefinitely until we say otherwise.
Shattered OUT...
Originally posted by grover
WRONG!!! Like it or not, the Taliban were the legitimate government of Afghanistan at the time we invaded, we were attacking, he waas fighting for the government. he deserves the same rights accorded to POW's.
Originally posted by coronamoz
this boy was fifteen and obviously felt passionately enough about a cause to fight for it. sure, he may have been blinded by that passion.
I think many posters here are unable to see this from a neutral perspective because of their status as an american.
Originally posted by jsobecky
Originally posted by grover
WRONG!!! Like it or not, the Taliban were the legitimate government of Afghanistan at the time we invaded, we were attacking, he waas fighting for the government. he deserves the same rights accorded to POW's.
Well, then I'm sure you'll have no problem showing us the official uniform of the Talibani National Army, or their official flag, or their signatures on international treaties where they agree to follow the ROE, or their agrement to acknowlege and support the efforts of humanitarian groups, or their official extradition policies, or their official conscription policies.
Please post them here for our review.
Originally posted by grover
Wrong... we rent the place under that treaty... every year we send Castro a check for the base and every year he puts it in a drawer and leaves it there. he has never cashed a single check for the rent of Gitmo we send him.