"James Sleeman" wrote

The US Government has consistently proclaimed that these are not
Prisoners of War.

Right. They are fighting in a war that is being fought by an arm without
the support a government. They are our enemies, all the same, and they
were fighting, thus they are called enemy combatants.

If they would do so, it wouldn't be half the problem it is for the US now,
except of course, they wouldn't be able to torture the prisoners any more.

Not true. Since they are not in an army supported by a country that signed
the Geneva Convention, they have no protection.

The way the cowards continue to blow up our soldiers and civilian support
people with suicide bombs, they deserve no protection, either. The fact
that they are still kept alive is more than they deserve.
--
Jim in NC