Tuesday, January 29, 2002

 

This column gives the legal definition of the difference between prisoners of war and unlawful combatants. The columnist wrote it because of the all the fuss that's being made about the al Qaeda fighters currently being held captive at the United States Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Our government is calling them unlawful combatants, not prisoners of war, which means they don't have some of the rights POWs have.

I don't care what they're called. They're scum and I wish they didn't have any rights at all. Human rights activists, however, don't agree. They think these people are being treated unfairly in Cuba. Boo hoo. Next time these do-gooders start spewing their drivel I wish they'd stop and think about Sept. 11.

posted by Anne 1/29/2002 03:03:00 PM