Reply #25: Yes, if you buy into the phony war on terror.

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Everything is not easily pigeon holed or defined. As I have said, one of the most basic premises of our justice system is that each individual case is viewed individually. You don't make blanket assumptions or conclusions, you look at the facts and you apply the law as needed.

Bushco wanted to ignore the law that fit most who we held "as captured on the battlefield" - if they conformed to international law that same law could be easily used to judge their war crimes. That is why they ignored international law, why they mocked the UN and the GCs.

In the beginning, those captured and detained as "enemy combatants" were not afforded visits by the Red Cross or even defense counsel. Gradually Bushco had to comply with international law and our system of justice.