So what do you do with possible threats by fanatics caught but not yet proven guilty?

You give them due process of law and let them go if the proof fails.It works in America, we acknowledge the risk to free people of the guilty or dangerous walking free.It is a perversion to treat these particular bad guys any different than we did OJ.

Otherwise, do we really have justice.

You don't give enemy combatants due process of law. How many Nazi's did we bring into the US and try in a US court with full constitutional rights and protections? The answer is simple. ZERO. Not one single POW, interred in a prison camp in the US was given a trial because we were at WAR ( something you stupid libs obviously do not comprehend). We are at war again and these emeny combatants in Gitmo are prisoners of war. Try to comprehend that, idiots.

I have a great idea for you smelly. Turn them loose in your town and give them your name.

You don't give enemy combatants due process of law

Well, we know Al-qaeda doesn't "give enemy combatants due process of law" (although I suppose they might invoke any number of Koranic justifications for cutting off the heads of captured infidels), but I had this silly idea that one of the (main) things that differentiates US from THEM is that we do "give enemy combatants due process of law". You might have heard of some legal statutes known as the "Geneva Protocols" regarding the proper treatment of captured "enemy combatants"? I would have thought that someone with the temerity to call himself 'AmericaFirst' would have some notion of the rule of law? It's what differentiates US from THEM.

We are at war again and these emeny [sic] combatants in Gitmo are prisoners of war.

I seem to have missed the declaration of war by Congress? The Joint Resolution of September, 2001 simply authorized the use of the armed forces of the US against those responsible for the attacks of September 11. The Resolution did not give the Executive branch the right to lock up everyone who doesn't like America (which was more or less the opinion of the USSC in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld).

Try to comprehend that.

What the hell is an enemy combatant? Its a fictional term made up by the liars and paranoid fools in the last administration.I think WE (real Americans) can handle it-- you, one of the paranoid fools that ran this country in the ground are scared of your shadow.

Yes lets do, my redneck, unafraid friends and I are ready.I don't even own a handgun, but if someone tries to get me, including you little dick, I'll handle it.

What a chicken shit.Go hide under your mother's skirt.

put them to work.

Who do you think kick started the US space programme?

The same Nazi who designed the V2 terror weapons used on London.

......missed the declaration of war by congress did you? Perhaps you caught the one declared by Al Qaida, I believe it was back on 9/11, didn't get much publicity so you may have missed it. What is an enemy combatant? He's the son-of-a-bitch who wants to kill you for the crime of being an American and I'm sure he will appreciate the fact that you don't own so much as a hand gun. As far as putting them to work goes....well, personally, I don't see how the ability to build a superior road side bomb or the worlds premier suicide belt will improve our space program.

missed the declaration of war by congress did you? Perhaps you caught the one declared by Al Qaida

Al-qaeda are terrorists: that means they DO NOT bother with things like formal declarations of war or the rule of law. We are not terrorists: that means we DO bother with things like formal declarations of war and the rule of law. That's part of what makes us better than them.

I'm sure he will appreciate the fact that you don't own so much as a hand gun.

I'm sure your hand gun will dissuade Al-qaeda from mounting any further attacks on American soil, even though it worked not-so-well on 9/11.

Yesss but......if that wasn't a declaration of war on their part it was certainly a declaration of 'we don't like you very much.' Perhaps, congress should declare war on them but I doubt if they have the guts to do it. Maybe they could declare a state of 'we don't like you very much either' as a compromise. As for hand guns....well....I don't own one either, but I do own a very nice 12 g. shotgun, sort of like the one Steve McQueen used in The Get Away. Granted, you are correct....useless on an aircraft headed for a tall building....but quite excellent for home defense.

Al-qaeda are terrorists: that means they DO NOT bother with things like formal declarations of war or the rule of law. We are not terrorists:

Our founding fathers were terrorists too.

I'm sure your hand gun will dissuade Al-qaeda from mounting any further attacks on American soil, even though it worked not-so-well on 9/11.

Al Qaeda were able to pull off 911 with box cutters. I'm sure that a few strategically placed guns could have prevented the 911 attacks.

What is an enemy combatant? He's the son-of-a-bitch who wants to kill you for the crime of being an American

You forgot to mention that the American happens to be in their country and is usually killing the son-of-a-bitch's family and friends.

Neolefty:

You forgot to mention that the American happens to be in their country and is usually killing the son-of-a-bitch's family and friends.

You don't think they deserve it?

Americafirst wrote the following post at 06/09/2009 3:08 PM:

You don't give enemy combatants due process of law. How many Nazi's did we bring into the US and try in a US court with full constitutional rights and protections? The answer is simple. ZERO.

That's because we brought them here with a first class tickets and gave them jobs with the CIA and our weapons manufacturers because we thought they might be useful against the Soviets.

You don't think they deserve it?

They meaning who exactly? Men and women celebrating a wedding in Afghanistan who are mistakenly hit by a drone, killing a hundred people?

No they don't deserve it.