Zonder - whoever wrote what you posted isn't a lawyer, or, if that person is a lawyer, does not think like a lawyer or write like a lawyer.
Or maybe he/she "dumbed it down" for the audience.
But the gist of the argument appears to be that the Taliban was the government of Afghanistan, and Al Qaeda were fighting for the Taliban, and therefore captured Al Qaeda are prisoners of war.
If that's what he or she believes, that's fine. Everybody is entitled to an opinion.
The position of the US is that the Taliban was not the government of Aghanistan, and that terrorists are never to be treated as armed forces, whether regular or irregular.
We happen to have won the war, and the government we recognized is now in charge, so I guess that makes our opinion more correct than your friend's opinion.
If your friend is indeed a lawyer, he/she will tell you that arguments are all very well, but in the end, it's the judge who decides. |
