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Originally posted by taxwonk
Actually, it doesn't end anything. It simply represents more disinformation.
Quirin dealt with spies. Soldiers out of uniform are spies and subject to execution. That simple. The detainees at Gitmo and in the other prisons are not all soldiers out of uniform. We have swept up too many people that we aren't sure are combatants or not.
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I am not sure this is true. Weren't most them part of the Taliban army that we fought (and are fighting) in Afghanistan? As far as I know, the Taliban army didn't issue uniforms.
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Originally posted by taxwonk If they are combatants, in the sense of being hostile enemy soldiers out of uniform, then we should execute them. If they are merely people who we suspect may or may not have information concerning the identity or whereabouts of terrorists, then they are not combatants, and Quirin doesn't apply.
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If they are hostile enemy soldiers out of uniform, and they have valuable information that we could use, shouldn't we try and get that information before we execute them?
