“Illegal combatants” was a term made up by the Bush administration so they could pretend they didn’t need to treat their POWs according to the Geneva convention

“Illegal combatants” was a term made up by the Bush administration so they could pretend they didn’t need to treat their POWs according to the Geneva convention. So we have a group of people who don’t get the protection of either the Geneva convention or the civilian courts. It’s a war crime is what it is.