Ashcroft and Evans call it quits

glatt · 11-10-2004, 04:32 PM

That may all be true. But the phrase "enemy combatant" didn't exist four years ago. It was invented by the Bush administration to get around international law. Sort of like saying "ethnic cleansing" when discussing genocide because to call it "genocide" would obligate the UN (and memebr nations) to intervene. If you call it "ethnic cleansing" you can stand on the sidelines and "tsk tsk" all you want without being obliged to act.

11-10-2004, 04:32 PM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	That may all be true. But the phrase "enemy combatant" didn't exist four years ago. It was invented by the Bush administration to get around international law. Sort of like saying "ethnic cleansing" when discussing genocide because to call it "genocide" would obligate the UN (and memebr nations) to intervene. If you call it "ethnic cleansing" you can stand on the sidelines and "tsk tsk" all you want without being obliged to act.

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