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Originally Posted by Seaver
Because someone was picked off the battlefield does not immediately classify them as PoW's. If you read the Geneva Convention:
SO... they were non-uniformed. The only time they get equal protection under the Geneva Convention is when they are tried for their crimes. If they are not tried, and the war continues, they have no rights.
Come on Host, for all those numerous items you look up, at least google the actual laws in place. http://www.genevaconventions.org/ |
Seaver...you're selectively arguing against the point of the thread...by ignoring Cheney's own words, spoken and televised on May 30, 2005....documented on tape....and transcripted:
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D. CHENEY: Not true. Guantanamo's been operated, I think, in a very sane and sound fashion by the U.S. military. Remember who's down there. These are people that were picked up off the battlefield in Afghanistan and other places in the global war on terror. These are individuals who have been actively involved as the enemy, if you will, trying to kill Americans. That we need to have a place where we can keep them. <h3>In a sense, when you're at war, you keep prisoners of war until the war is over with.</h3>
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So....are they....POW's or aren't they. Cheney reversed prior administration contentions, in the quote above....hence the reason for a discussion on this thread!