Originally posted by plawrence:
Imprisoning these people without a trial or the airing of the evidene against them does nothing more than make people wonder whether or not there actually is any evidence, and provides even more anti-American political ammunition for our enemies and those who we are trying to convert to democracy.
Your point is well taken and is not without merit. But at the same time it shows the enemy that all bets are off and that we mean serious business now. We show the enemy that if they choose to plot against us, make attacks on us and our interests, and murder our people, then they run the risk of being killed by our military, or being incarcerated in a maximum security prison.
Tell me something Plaw, in wars of the past, when we captured enemy combatants, did we give them a trial? Or did we hold them in military prisons?
Don Cardi
