Originally Posted by sgtdmski

You keep ignoring the laws. Your feel good semantics is noble. Unfortunately, the law des consider feelings. Members of the Taliban and al-Qaeda do not fall under the characterization of prisoners of war. Instead they fall under the classification of unlawful combatants. The Supreme Court of the United States has deemed unlawful combatants as Enemy Combatants.

In either case, combatants do not classify as criminals unless they can be proven to have commited war crimes. It is only then that they require a trial or tribunal of any sort. The Geneva Convention allows for the holding of combatants until the cease of hostilities.

People keep using the word indefinite. Until one of the Gitmo prisoners has been held longer than 7 years, your words are mere rhetoric. During the Vietnam War there were prisoners who had been held for 5, 6 and 7 years. No one at Gitmo is even remotely close to that time frame.

First you accused the administration of making up the word. An assertion I proved false.

Then you accused the administration of not abiding by the law. Once again an assertion I proved to be false.

Now all ou have left are your feel good feelings and rhetoric. Face it, you lack merit and truly have no real argument other than you don't like it. The facts and the laws are against you.

dmk

Originally Posted by hevusa

If this is truely the "War on Terror" then they are cetainly POW's and deserve to be told what they are charged of and receive a fair trial.

Having the Bush administration define what these people are to avoid law is bullshit and I find your personal morals questionable since you are clearly defending these actions.