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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla
Why does anyone think noncitizens, captured on foreign fields in far wars, should be tried in civilian courts? These are in effect if perhaps not the letter of the law prisoners of war. No responsible government tries enemy prisoners of war, whether they've been annoying to it or not.
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We've gone out of our way to deny that they are POWs, and to assert their criminality. POWs don't get tried, but criminals do.