Joe Andress responds:
>As I understand it, the people at Guantanamo are being detained not as
criminal but as prisoners of a military action. Totally different standards.

Indeed they are totally different standards. That's precisely the point.
If you reverse the protagonists you will very easily see a situation that we would find completely unacceptable: If our soldiers/citizens were detained in this manner, removed from the country they were captured, taken to a far off land and treated in the fashion described, we would quite correctly be appalled and would demand that they be charged or released immediately. We may even consider such behaviour a war crime and seek the appropriate justice. Just imagine for a moment that the detainees were US Marines or British troops.

>...(and indicates comments/points I "failed to note".)

You're right, of course, I didn't explicitly highlight those points as they were covered in the links I gave. Thank you for taking the time to have a look at them. However, one con imagine how convoluted this thread would become if not only do we debate with each other but we also critique our sources in detail.

>Finally, nothing in life is free. Countries which hold out their hand for aid
 have to expect to give something in return.

You just know I disagree with you on this.


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