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Not really. If they were being treated as POWs then the Red Cross would be allowed into Gitmo, for instance. This hasn't happened, AFAIK. Also, POWs aren't to be held criminally or morally responsible for their acts on the battlefield.

I recognize that for the most part (except for certain egregious counter-examples) they are being treated humanely. But at some point, even humane imprisonment becomes mis-treatment when they have yet to be afforded even the pro forma consideration of a kangaroo trial.

Question: Is the War in Afghanistan over yet? The country has been liberated and they have a functioning government. We still have troops there, but we still have troops in Germany so I'm not sure that means much. If the war is over then POWs should be returned and War Criminals need to be tried. Neither is happening.

On the other hand, if they are being held as prisoners of the War on Terror, we have a different set of problems. The War on Terror isn't a real war, it's a rhetorical war. It's like the War on Drugs or the War on Poverty. Terrorism isn't a group or a state, it's a tactic. It's like a War on the Forward Pass or the End Run. And it is likely to never end, just like the War on Drugs or Poverty. I have a real hard time with a President claiming war powers that way.

It looks to me like we have a President who is claiming the authority to arrest anyone they like, anywhere, anytime, whisk them off to a secret prison outside of the jurisdiction of any court system, deny them access to legal aid or the International Red Cross, and hold them indefinitely

-- perhaps even for life -- with no trial or any kind of accountancy to any outside agency or authority.

That doesn't sound like America to me.

I recognize that terrorism is different than ordinary war and it's different than ordinary criminal behavior. If we need to pass new laws and establish new legal principles and processes to deal with it, then fine; let's do that. but do it the right way. But all this secret, "no court has jurisdiction", and "no laws apply to what we're doing" crap has got to go.

Try, convict, sentence, and execute. And I'll gladly borrow your 45 cal and serve in the firing squad. Trust me, I have no love for those assholes.