So far, I am still waiting for a better idea then Gitmo and holding these people from Democrats. Nothing but pontification with no plans, otherwise known as whining.

But, no, they do not deserve Geneva Convention rights. They were not fighting for a government that was a signatury to the GC. They were not fighting in uniforms, making them enemy combatants, and, we are allowed by the GC to detain all of them caught on the battlefield for the duration of the conflict.

If we accord them POW status, we can also hold them for the duration.

Hell, these guys are eating better then they ever did. Their medical treatment is better then they ever go.

So, let’s say we trie them in court. They are found guilty. They go right back to a military holding facility.

What do you suggest we do with them? When we release some, they go back out and fight. And it isn’t because we made them mad. They were already part of the Islamic extremist movement and hated us, not to mention all non-Islamic civilization, and fought against us.

Several of the detainees are children. I’m not so sure about that “caught on the battlefield” for some of them. One of the adult detainees was held as a terrorist because someone said their friend was a suicide bomber (a big surprise to the “terrorist”, the German government, and the “suicide bomber” friend, who is alive and currently living in Germany). Sounds to me like these charges need a bit more oversight than they’ve been receiving to date.

During WWII the US dealt with German troops who violated the rules of war summarily. NO access to US courts, no gourmet meals, no ACLU.

In fact captured troops have never had access to US courts, so we now get to see that we live not in a representative democracy but an autocracy of five unelected loons.

Perhaps one of the many progressives can point out where in the Constitution and the 200 plus years of case law that supports the Supreme Jesters decision.

Just another example of why our government needs to be torn down and started again, after the lawyers and academics are dealt with in a Shakesperian manner.

As far as gulags go, these are not our own citizens, but al Qaeda members caught on the battlefield in Afghanistan, a military action those on the left supposedly approved of.

For people who scream about liberals be communists (nationalized health care being one thing that elicits said screams) it’s amazing that you want to return to the gulags of Stalinist Russia so much.