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Originally Posted by Ustwo
A German soldier captured in WWII was detained until after the war. He may have never fired a gun, or done anything anti-American, he might even be pro-US, but he still stays in a POW camp.
Padilla is an non-uniformed soldier of a terrorist organization. In WWII he would have simply been shot as a spy. He is lucky its not WWII and is only being detained.
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If Padilla were an afghanistan, iraqi, or any other foreign national (uniformed or not) then I would completely agree with you, however, Padilla is a US citizen who is being held without due process or charge in violation of the US constitution.
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