h (Rand Simberg) wrote:

Pat Flannery made
Scott Lowther wrote:

Indeed. If Bush gives in to the bleating retards who want the US to
abandon the war, then not only will he doom his presidency, but also
the future of America.

"Giving aid and comfort to the enemy" used to be a crime.

It is...in wartime...we haven't legally declared war on anyone yet; if
we had, then all those poor shmucks down at Guantanamo Bay would be POWs
and subject to their rights under the Geneva Conventions.

No, they wouldn't. They're unlawful combatants. And they are being
treated according to Geneva despite that.

They are not being hanged as would have been customary in previous conflicts.