On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 07:44:21 -0500, Dave Hall wrote:


What's interesting is that some here feel more concern over the treatment
of enemy combatants, and the rights of enemy prisoners than they are for
our own soldiers.

Dave, you are making the assumption that all detainees are
enemy combatants. They are not. Many are innocent citizens who were in
the wrong place at the wrong time. Even the government admits to this,
and has started to release many of those detainees.


I find it bordering on insanity, that at a time of war, there are people
looking to sue our leaders for the conduct of the war, and are also
seeking to criminally prosecute some of our soldiers for "murder" when
they are actively fighting an enemy. I mean, it's the job of soldiers to
kill the enemy. Duh!

Kill the enemy, yes, torture, rape, and murder, no. I am quite
sympathetic to the soldier in the field, who has to make an instant
decision. I would generally give that soldier the benefit of any doubt,
but that is not what we are talking about here. We are talking about
soldiers, in a relatively secure facility, abusing those placed in their
charge.

In case you haven't noticed, this bungling administration has made a
problem for itself. What to do with all those detainees in Guantanamo?
They don't have the evidence to charge them with any crime, so the plan is
to ship them off to countries that don't care about any rule of law. Just
lovely, they are hoping to sweep their incompetence under the rug.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4340921.stm


It's like living in an episode of the Twilight Zone..........

You might consider, how we treat our captives, reflects on us. Are we
civilized, or barbarians?