>>>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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>>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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>Nothing new here, this problem is as old as mankind, and can be easily solved.
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>If you are going to go around conquering countries, just do as the Romans did, sell them as slaves in each mayor american city town square, or have them killed in a major public event (if no coliseum is availble, just use the nearest football stadium).
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>Problem solved.
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>After all, the world is divided into human beings (aka "Citizens"), and enemies. (or if we get them, property.)
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>Carlos

Well, we haven't gone that far down the slippery slope - yet.<g>