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Re: left-leaning pantywaists in Britain (Re: So are they prisoners of war or what?)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 4 Feb 2002 16:28:47 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Simon Bennett writes:
> > So the US press does talk about this...
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> And totally misses the point, though the first one about standards of
> justice stares it in the face and still misses it. The point is whether
> they are being treated better or worse than American citizens accused of
> similar crimes would be (I have now been convinced by the Red Cross
> inspection that their situation is acceptable), why the American citizen
> amongst them is not being held with them and whether he is receiving a
> better standard of treatment where he is. (I am very dubious indeed about
> this, and particularly the message it sends)
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> There has still been very little comment from any Americans on this thread,
> is it because those on Lugnet find the U.S. actions indefensible? If so I
> wish they would say so.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101020204-197659,00.html
That's a pretty interesting discussion of lawful combatants versus al-Qaeda.
Personally, I'd like for the determination of "lawfulness" of the combatants
to be made by a judge or somesuch, because then it would be "official" and
written in legal terms. But I do not doubt that the Cuba detainees were
*not* lawful combatants (one reason I'm happy to have that determination
made by a tribunal, even a European tribunal, that hears the evidence).
So my opinion is: Correct conclusion, incorrect process. Much the same,
actually, as a lot of things the US government does; in the process of
doing something basically necessary, they manage to anger everyone. A lack
of tact, if you will.
best
LFB
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