tradein...not that this will affect your thinking one jot....
How many Belgian prisoners are in jail without charge, without trial? After 4 years especially.
In any war combatants are detained...without trial. Fact.
Maybe the Belgians torture more brutally than the Americans?
Facetious. Never-the-less, if true...off you go. Why not protest long hard and bitterly about their prisoners.
Is a prisoner of war not a prisoner of war if he can't afford a uniform with brass buttons and lapels? Is not a soldier a terrorist in uniform?
No - a soldier is not a terrorist in uniform - but good try. Every convention that we use is very clear on what constituted a combatant, soldier, spy and civilian
Who exactly was doing the invading - was it the Afghanis invading America?
Irrelevant, Fact is AQ had declared a war on the West. Carried out rpeated acts of ewar and hostility culminating in 9/11.
Taliban in Afghanistan was harbouring them and was given every chance to deal with it as a rational regime would. But hang on ...this is the same regime that destroyed those ageless Buddahs because......
These combatants including your mate Hicks were captured and are now detained.
