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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Ilaine who wrote (23905)7/19/2006 12:34:22 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 541299
 
If you concede that they were "captured on a battlefield" you're conceding that they're prisoners of war, and prisoners of war cannot be tried except for war crimes.

1 - Your not conceding that they are prisoners of war. There is a long tradition of pirates and others who make no effort to follow the "rules of war" not being treated the same as regular prisoners, and even being subject to summary execution. Not that I'm recommending summary execution of the prisoners at gitmo, but they don't necessarily qualify for full prisoner of war status.

2 - Even if they are to be considered prisoners of war, than there is no need to try them for anything. You hold them in to the conflict is over.
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