>>>Don't you find it convenient, from the POV of those who wish to hold them indefinitely without due process, that their legal status is kept in limbo?
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>>Which god are you thanking? It must be Bacchus.<g>
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>Wow, that was a cheap shot. Also confusing -- did I say "Thank God" or something and it appeared only in invisible ink?
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Mike, it wasn't meant to be a cheap shot, look at the title of the thread.<s>

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>>Due Process is a legal term that is used to describe those rights that belong to U.S. Citizens. The prisoners in Guantanamo are prisoners of war.
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>Oh, really? What war? When was it declared and against whom? Terrorism represents a very real threat to us but this IS NOT A WAR. Bush, Cheney, et al can use that phrase as many times as they like but that doesn't make it so.

True, it's not an "official" war, but tell my son-in-law (sniper) that it isn't a war. The other missing piece is citizenship....