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The way the Nazi regime came about did use loop holes in the constitution of the Weimar Republic, but it was still problematic. Kind of like how the Bush admini
by ant6n 11y ago
The way the Nazi regime came about did use loop holes in the constitution of the Weimar Republic, but it was still problematic. Kind of like how the Bush administration defined prisoners in the 'war on terrorism' as 'enemy combatants', which somehow meant none of the Geneva conventions apply.
- cema 11y agoI think technically it meant that the Geneva conventions were applicable to them, but as the enemy combatants, not civilians. (There is an important distinction with unlawful combatants there.)
- ant6n 11y agofrom wiki: """In the United States the phrase "enemy combatant" was used after the September 11 attacks by the George W. Bush administration to include an alleged member of al Qaeda or the Taliban being held in detention by the U.S. government as part of the war on terror. In this sense, "enemy combatant" actually refers to persons the United States regards as unlawful combatants, a category of persons who do not qualify for prisoner-of-war status under the Geneva Conventions.""" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enemy_combatant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enemy_combatant