Wolfowitz scares the hell out of me..... To have him personally in charge of this stuff, imo, almost guarantees that there is going to be a whole lot MORE secrecy involved in all the proceedings....
We cannot hold our government responsible for it's actions if those actions are hidden from view....
I still have concerns about the whole legality of the issue of "unlawful combatants" in the first place....
If your country is invaded.... and you protect yourself, how is that "unlawful" ?
I understand that we had good reasons for going into Afghanistan, going after Al Queda and the Taliban as Al Queda supporters.... I supported it and would do so today if it were an issue... However, I feel that we should be treating the prisoners as what they were... Combatants, the enemies... They should have all the protections that the Geneva convention affords them as such.....
Just because we are a superpower does not give us the right to do whatever we want to do, whenever we want to do it.... Imo, it actually bestows upon us a responsibility to use our powers wisely and humanely...
I believe fully that Wolfowitz would have no problem ordering every prisoner in gitmo executed with no hearing because it would meet his personal agenda of a "region wide" war that would allow the U.S. and Israel to take control of the Middle East and all Oil production in the region...
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