A number of my more liberal friends are complaining about something in President Obama’s May 21 security and values speech which they call "prolonged detention". President Obama talked about providing terrorists/prisoners of war the rights and protections under the Geneva Conventions they were denied during the Bush/Cheney administration. I remind my friends that the Geneva Conventions also provide that prisoners of war can legally be held in detention for the duration of the conflict. While I can make an argument that terrorists are not entitled to prisoner of war status/protections, I suggest that if they are so labeled, they are subject to the full gamut of Geneva Conventions rules.
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