OT: Dangerous ground

> On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, laserlight@quixnet.net wrote:

> Also, I've seen reports of some of the Taliban fighters being held by
Please!"
> Conditions in an Afghan-run prison being, understandably, a bit more

This is probably true, but it's also irrelevant WRT their legal standing. In
fact, the ones still in Afghan custody are in much clearer legal waters than
the 'unlawful combatants' in Cuba.

Then again, the present US administration seems quite happy to ignore or
actually tear up any international agreements previously signed that it finds
inconvenient. Kyoto, the ABM Treaty, and now the Geneva Conventions, it seems.

This is, however, wildly OT.