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Originally posted by lookout123
as far as gitmo goes? that is not new. in WWII german officers died in large numbers in the arizona desert. they were removed from the continent and confined as POW's until the end of the war. at that time they were transported back to germany unless they chose to stay in the states. pow's don't and shouldn't have the same legal rights as a citizen arrested for a crime.
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Once again, having set a precedent, we now get to continue acting as amoral animals? While POW's do not have the same rights as citizens, they still have basic rights as human beings, and the US DID sign off on the Geneva Convention. So the US gets to treat human beings like pond scum and still expects the respect of other nations and wants our rhetoric about democracy and the "American Way" to be accepted by the rest of the world? Get real.