Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Graham
No, because the US courts have agreed that, as Guantanamo Bay is only *leased* by the USA under a treaty dating back to 1903, it is *not* American soil. Curiously, however, it doesn't appear to be defined as *Cuban* soil either!
Basically this allows the USA to keep these prisoners in a legal limbo which is entirely to the convenience and liking of the US administration because they can deny the detainees the rights they have under US law and also, by calling them "unlawful combatants" they are denied rights under the Geneva Convention.
It's a neat bit of legal hair splitting.
|
Its a neat way of making your country hated even more too.
*shakes head* and they STILL wonder why they are hated, they have the nerve to say its because they are successful.
I say bring on the embargo the UK is thinking of imposing on the US in this latest trade war spat.