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2006-03-20 Home Front: WoT

~~More Rights for Jihadis Now!~~ The President and the Courts

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Posted by ryuge 2006-03-20 10:59|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Gee, GW invented the term "unlawful enemy combatant"? And here I thought it was from the GC's...

Posted by mojo">mojo 2006-03-20 14:12|| 2006-03-20 14:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Isn't 'unlawful enemy combatant' specifically defined and encoded in the Geneva Convention iself? Specifically that they do not get GC protections and can be summarily executed without trial?

This looks like the NYT is trying to rewrite history (ala 1984....).

Posted by CrazyFool 2006-03-20 14:25|| 2006-03-20 14:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Isn't 'unlawful enemy combatant' specifically defined and encoded in the Geneva Convention iself? Specifically that they do not get GC protections and can be summarily executed without trial?

AFAICR, the GCs define lawful combatants and protected persons. They don't spell out what to do with people who fit neither definition.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2006-03-20 14:39|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-03-20 14:39|| Front Page Top

#4 So there's no category for Pinchy or Nina?

*adds Nina and Pinchy to list*

Posted by Spugum Sherens5365 2006-03-20 14:46|| 2006-03-20 14:46|| Front Page Top

#5 Since the Republican majority has decided to allow President Bush to usurp Congress's role in matters of national security...

Uh, Congress has the power to declare war -- which they did -- not to wage it. The NYT needs to stop smoking those funny little cigarettes.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2006-03-20 14:52|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-03-20 14:52|| Front Page Top

#6 "It takes a lot of degeneration before a country falls into dictatorship," Justice O'Connor said, "but we should avoid these ends by avoiding these beginnings."

Does the current trend of judicial overreach count as degeneration?

Posted by ryuge 2006-03-20 17:46|| 2006-03-20 17:46|| Front Page Top

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