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Odahi10/31/2009 8:44:48 am PDT

So- I ask again- what IS the right answer? Does anyone in the CURRENT administration have a plan? Anyone? Bueller? Whatever you think of the method of their capture and continued imprisonment, what would you do? The Geneva Convention doesn’t cover these guys. US law? Military justice? The Golden Rule? The modified Golden Rule (do unto them what they would do unto you)? What is the answer? The Bill of Rights does NOT apply to these guys, they aren’t American citizens. Do we extend those rights to them, even though their own governments don’t give them equivalent rights in their own country? What’s the answer? I’m not being sarcastic here, but I’m tired of people complaining about the situation with no solution offered. If I’m truthful about it, I think “military tribunals” would more than fair in these cases. By rights, they could be shot on the battlefield at time of capture, as unlawful combatants. If they’re in civilian clothes, NO uniform, firing toward our troops, that is a violation of the Geneva Convention. What’s the solution?