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Legally, there was never any war. This means that "war prisoners" are actually just people that the US illegally kidnapped, illegally detained, and illegally to

by shkkmo 5y ago

Legally, there was never any war. This means that "war prisoners" are actually just people that the US illegally kidnapped, illegally detained, and illegally tortured. Ignore the legal window dressing around these "trials", it is all illegal.

tokai 5y ago
If they actually was war prisoners US wouldn't have been able to treat them like this. The 'enemy combatant' swindle made it possible to treat them with no rights.
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torstenvl 5y ago
That's an awful lot of legal conclusions. Are you licensed to practice law? What's the case law that forms the basis of your analysis?
- pessimizer 5y ago
  You also seem to have omitted any qualifications or citations.
  - torstenvl 5y ago
    Check my profile and comment history for my qualifications. As for citations, a citation is not needed for "in my view" discussion. I very clearly marked out my post as personal opinion, avoided legal conclusions, and acknowledged an argument from the other side. This is what responsible people do in public discourse.
- torstenvl 5y ago
  Extremely frustrating that HN is acting so terribly lately.