Thursday, October 23, 2003

It's Official: GITMO is Illegal!

In Australia today, pResident aWol said (via NYT) that the prisoners at Camp X-Ray in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were "...people who were picked up off a battlefield of war."

Does this mean that he's reversing long-standing policy that these folks were not prisoners of war?

-or-

Does this mean that they will now be treated in full accordance with the Geneva Convention on the rights of prisoners of war?

-or-

Does this mean that they will be allowed legal representation?

Don't be silly. Remember, aWol was making comments off the cuff - i.e. unscripted. He didn't really know what he was saying or the legal ramifications of his words. Look for "clarification" later today by his puppetmasters.

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