Ah, but there's the rub, oh Divine One. No one has ever proven that they were actually 'operating' or fighting at all. Some are undoubtedly Taleban--who were not fighting in the next generation of war but were simply poorly led militia troops fighting in an ancient fashion. These are protected by the Geneva Conventions. Many of the detainees at Guantanamo were released--although after two or three years--when the Americans finally realized they were not Al-Qaeda. But to detain a Taleban militia soldier in a secret prison, without a fair tribunal and possibly with torture, is a violation of the conventions, international law, treaties the USA has signed and basic human morality.Originally Posted by Divinus Arma
You may have a point about Al-Qaeda troops. But how do we know innocents aren't being locked up and tortured as well? Are we just to accept the word of a government that has been rocked by scandals from Abu Ghraib to Bagram air base to Guantanamo bay? Are we to believe on faith a government whose senior officials are currently under federal indictments, and whose graindiose claims about WMDs, links to Al-Qaeda and yellow cake from Niger have all been proven false?
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