Peter Gottlieb wrote:
So you support secret permanent detention without trial based on unknown
evidence?
Well, the purpose of a trial is to estabish the guilt or innocence of persons
accused of committing crimes. None of the people at Guantanamo have been accused
of committing crimes. They were found fighting against the US forces. That makes
them hostile combatants, and there is no question of or need for a trial, since
they are not criminals. Evidence of commision of a crime is also completely
unnecessary, since that is not the issue here.
There is also no limit on the amount of time they may be detained. Many of the
combatants in WWII were not released until years after the cessation of hostitilies, and this is in
complete accordance with the pertinent laws and
treaties. The people at Guantano are not military personel dedicated to any
particular country, which basically means they are armed civilians, which
basically means (under the Geneva convention) we can execute them. Without
trial.
George Patterson
The actions taken by the New Hampshire Episcopalians (ie. inducting a gay
bishop) are an affront to Christians everywhere. I am just thankful that
the church's founder, Henry VIII, and his wife Catherine of Aragon, and his
wife Anne Boleyn, and his wife Jane Seymour, and his wife Anne of Cleves,
and his wife Katherine Howard, and his wife Catherine Parr are no longer
here to suffer through this assault on traditional Christian marriages.
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