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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
That may be. I do the exceptions to the Geneva Convention appear to be swallowing the rules, and that we are all the worse off for it. We managed to win World War II without abandoning the idea of treating captured combatants according to civilized standards. Our treatment of various people at Abu Ghraib, Gitmo and elsewhere is counterproductive in the long run.
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It must be pretty to see the world your way!
Say if mohammad Atta was caught the morning of Sept. 11. What would you charge him with? Trying to take a knife on a plane?
I've done that.
Having literature that talks about Jihad?
That's not illegal.
Your way we'd let him go.
When european countries try these guys they are released. the laws don't respond to the reasons we want them locked up. the reason is they are at war with us, but not in uniform. We are confronted by things we are not presently legally equipped to deal with. I would rather fuck up the lives of some innocents snatched from an Afghan battlefield, then have the Sears tower crumble to the ground next year.
Maybe you can find a long blog cite to show how unreasonable my position is?
