re: #188 buzzsawmonkey

What part of this do you not understand:

1) Prisoners taken in combat are held for the duration—merely because they have been captured.

2) Non-uniformed combatants do not fall under the Geneva Convention. The mere fact that we extend treatment to them which falls within Geneva Convention guidelines is a volitional act of mercy on our part which we are not compelled to do.

3) The duration is not yet concluded—largely do to the obstructionisim of the left. But there is nothing wrong with holding whoever has been captured until the end of hostilities.

All of this “duration” language you are quoting comes directly from the Geneva Convention. Either the Geneva Convention applies, or it doesn’t. You can’t just cherry-pick certain clauses and ignore others. We need to decide as a nation which laws apply to these detainees and establish a legal precedent for the future regarding how to prosecute terror suspects. Bush failed to do any of this legal groundwork, and that is why the courts are now addressing the issue. Continue your ad hominem attacks…