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Originally Posted by Space_Coyote
Agreed.
The "terrorists" at Gitmo should however pose a difficult problem to address. They're not POW's in the traditional sense, but by the same token are not subject to US law. The solution to this problem would be not to invade foreign countries without a declaration of war (hint, Constitution, hint).
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Declaring them enemy combatants put them under the protection of the Geneva Conventions (at least in theory, though Guantanamo doesn't appear to be Geneva-compliant). This so-called "war on terror(ism)" is a crock of b.s. anyway! Even the CIA admits that 9/11 happened in retaliation for nearly 50 years of American interference in the internal affairs of Middle Eastern countries.
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A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.
"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes toward the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.
"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."
The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.
"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."
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