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But you seem to get to decide, regardless, don't you?

Can you not read the Memorandum? The commanders on the ground decide. Not "me." I know you are obsessed with me, but how you come to the conclusion that I get to decide who the combatants are is really quite strange.

Again, it is the commanders who decide. They are the ones who capture the enemy on the battlefield.

(while I was once on the battlefield, I was not a commander, thus I never had to fill out any DD-Forms on whether or not somene was a POW, etc..thank [insert deity here])



Right ... Basically your saying there isn't any law, it's all up to the Commanders. How fair, eh? To the contrary. The Law of Land Warfare and the Articles of War and the Geneva Convention are quite thorough on the matter.

(rolleyes, right back at ya!)


Nonsense. Just because some army commander decided an enemy shouldn't be classified as a prisoner of war does not mean he isn't.
Yes, it does.

"some" USA Army Commander is a much better source than a member of Alquaeda. Would you rather that AL Quaead members get to decide whether or not they are POWs?

/chuckle