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January 03, 2005

Powerful Tsunami Footage

What's most creepy here is that apparently there is nothing amiss in the first few seconds of this home movie. And then they rush to their balcony, to see their entire town being swept away by a ten-foot tall surge of brown-black muddy water.

It's amazing.

Via The American Mind, who seems supportive of the "lifetime detention" plan for terrorists.

I'm supportive too. Detractors are thinking in terms of criminal law, in which fairness dictates a trial, conviction, and set period for detention. But while many of these bastards are in fact criminals, they're being held primarily as enemy (unlawful) soldiers captured in war.

And you hold captured prisoners until you either negotiate a release with the opponents, or until an armistice is declared.

Now, this is indeed a war that may go on for some time. But that does not change the basic rule that captured soldiers are held until hostilities end. And if Al Qaeda wants to make war for generations to come, that's just bad luck on their "soldiers," isn't it?

Al Qaeda can get its "soldiers" released any time they like-- by surrendering.


posted by Ace at 12:47 AM
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P.O.W. is P.O.W.
To confuse them with civil criminals and then go on to treat them the same way is like comparing apples to oranges and then making apple sauce out of the citrus.

Posted by: The Moose on January 3, 2005 12:58 AM

I wonder if we treated these guys like Castro treats his political prisoners, if there would be any protests.

I have always preferred the "Shot while attempting to Escape" solution.

Posted by: Iblis on January 3, 2005 11:10 AM

If this is the best we can do, well its not good but it beats letting 'em go.

Posted by: 72VIRGINS on January 3, 2005 11:30 AM

Let's not confuse just who these people are. We can label them "terrorists", or "detainees", but to call or compare them to "POWs" is just wrong.

They are in no way abiding by the civilized standards of the Geneva Convention. If we were to use GC definitions, they would be "Illegal Combatants", subject to summary execution. That we are detaining them, is a statement of the humanity we are exhibiting towards them. Forget claims of "Abu Ghrab" torture, or cries that those in Guantanamo are being unfairly treated. The civilized world has already said what ought to happen to them. Anything better than execution is gravy.

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