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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 02:58 PM Original message |
Judge defines enemy combatant status for detainees |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. But the real question is what is an "illegal enemy combatant" |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I agree. This is a start, but more definitions need to be made. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. The GC doesn't even have the concept. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. GC calls them POWs nt |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 08:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
26. Well that is the point. |
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Vattel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. you are sort of correct |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. The Bush argument is that Illegal Enemy Combatants are not covered by GC |
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Vattel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. their argument has some merit |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Article 3 deals with civil wars inside a GC country |
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Vattel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. you've got your facts wrong |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 07:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Read it yourself |
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Vattel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. notice that it does apply |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. Gee, niggling little point of order here . . . |
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Vattel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. well, in war one is allowed to have POWs |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. But not to torture them... nt |
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Vattel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. of course |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. So, what country or countries have we declared war on? |
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Vattel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 08:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I'm not sure I see your point. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 09:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. And the declaration of that war . . . ? |
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Vattel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. War can exist even in the absence of a declaration of war. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Please |
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Vattel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 11:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Don't be silly. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 07:04 AM Response to Reply #8 |
25. The 'war' has been over for years. |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. to hold suspects who were not captured on a battlefield. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
17. "hostile acts against the United States or its allies" |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 03:24 AM Response to Original message |
24. "unlawful enemy combatant" bush speak..means no more POW's |
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