Why is anyone supporting Obama?

[mheslep]

There are a few discussions regarding this already. They get rather long and involved. I'll only say that if you read the GC [Part I, Article 5] it seems(since I am no expert I will only use 'seems') to clearly indicate that all prisoners receive the prescribed treatment for POWs until their cases are properly disposed by a tribunal.

I am also no expert (still), and I https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=317159&highlight=geneva&page=2".

http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/WebART/375-590007?OpenDocument"still 'seems' to exclude coverage of most of the detainees. I also think it likely that we both agree, if the GC does apply, that at most the Gitmo crowd is only entitled to a military "tribunal" in place, not "a jury of peers, argued and weighed" ala a Constitution Art III court.

 

[Evo]

This thread has seriously gone off topic. Locked.