talk.politics.misc

On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:29:32 +0000, "Bill Bonde ( 'Hi ho' )"
wrote:

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>> On Feb 16, 1:39 am, "Bill Bonde ( 'Hi ho' )"
>> wrote:
>> > David Johnston wrote:
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>> > > On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:16:45 +0000, "Bill Bonde ( 'Hi ho' )"
>> > > wrote:
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>> > > >> >> The Geneva Convention that we signed and ratified requires that we
>> > > >> >> deal with POWs humanely, and at the end of the war, we have two
>> > > >> >> choices; turn them over to their home countries, or try them for war
>> > > >> >> crimes, if appropriate. Both "wars" have been over for almost five
>> > > >> >> years now... how long are we supposed to hold people like that?
>> >
>> > > >> >Are you insane? The wars aren't over.
>> >
>> > > >> When will they be over?
>> >
>> > > >I don't know.
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>> > > If you don't know when they'll be over, how do you know they aren't
>> > > over now?
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>> > I don't see that it isn't possible to know something hasn't happened yet
>> > but not know when it will happen in future.
>> >
>> Basically, the only way you will know it is when someone in authority
>> declares it over.
>>
>They will have to come to terms or utterly destroy the enemy, either
>will end it.

It is impossible to come to terms with terrorism. It is also
impossible to utterly destroy terrorism.