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To: zonder who wrote (7058)	2/19/2004 8:42:15 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

Al-Qaeda is a terrorist organization. Its members are terrorists. Whew. Thank you. YOU DON'T KNOW that they are Al-Qaeda. You seem to making an assumption that most of them are innocent Afghan peasants who picked up a rifle when they saw Americans. (I suspect most Afghan peasants are smarter than that.) We know the nationalities of the detainees and the number one nationality is Saudi. Few are Afghans. My assumption is that armed foreigners in Afghanistan in 2002 = Al Qaeda. I'll stand by that. Do you understand why Geneva Convention applies to the detainees of Guantanamo who were captured fighting American invasion in Afghanistan? No. I don't think the Geneva convention was created to protect and enable members of groups like Al Qaeda. Let us all hope that your teenage son never finds himself in the vicinity of an "armed man" and gets jailed for life in a military prison. You might develop a heart that cares for 13-year old boys even if they are from Afghanistan, who knows? I've told all my kids that they can get into trouble not just by using/possessing dope, booze, and committing other crimes themselves but just by being present in a car or home where others are caught doing so. It's a reality of life. If you're in the company of transgressors you are likely to be taken for one yourself whether you are or not. Perhaps you should go to Afghanistan and give the father of that 15 year old a lecture. I do feel sorry for that young man. He has ambitions now that will be difficult, perhaps impossible, for him to achieve. I wish he could be helped someway.