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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=515035605-16052009>This is most
puzzling:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=515035605-16052009>So were the
detainees captured with the status of POWs, then urged to be
considered criminal suspects with habeas corpus rights (since we had not
declared war, but al qaeda had on us) but now with reinstated tribunals, they
are being legally converted to... what? And if they are found guilty (of
human caused disaster?) then what do we do? We can't keep them, we can't
let them go, we can't shoot them, and any course of action in trying them sets
the legal groundwork for politically motivated retribution as soon as
the current crop of elected leaders are out of power, with precedents being
set now by those same leaders. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=515035605-16052009>This is one hell of
a note. The phrase "take no prisoners" once meant to slay everyone.
Now it no longer means that, but rather a more advisable and much more
literal course of action, for it is entirely unclear what in the hell to do with
them if you do. Rejoice, for war is now obsolete. We can no
longer fight, for we no longer have the unambiguous legal foundation to do
so.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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