John Bowden wrote:
On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 10:15 -0500, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
"Character is what you do when nobody's looking." - J.C. Watts
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So your constitution makes it illegal to lock up and torture US citizens
but its not illegal to lock up and torture none US citizens, - without
due course to a court and proof they are guilty. Its this two tier form
of democracy that the Arab states are so suspicious of.
Actually part of the Geneva Convention. If a combatant is not in
uniform, they are not given the same rights as an enemy soldier. I have
read it when the whole discussion about the rights of enemy combatants
and enemy soldiers came up years ago.
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Robin Laing
