as you know, the bush administration claims enemy combatants captured in the war on terror aren't prisoners of war protected by the geneva convention and can be held indefinitely without access to our legal system.
but—no matter where we hold them—they're in US custody, so, if they're not prisoners of war, they must be accused criminals, and if international law doesn't apply to them, our constitution must.
it can't be neither.
as condi rice so often says, you can't have it both ways.
9 hours ago
Enemy Combatants who have been captured are PoWs, htat's what they are. "Enemy Combatants" is just a phrase used by the U.S. to avoid treating these people with any degree of decency.
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