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Mar. 28th, 2006 12:01 pmIsn't it nice that America has such high quality judges as Antonin Scalia, who said, "War is war, and it has never been the case that when you captured a combatant you have to give them a jury trial in your civil courts. [...] If he was captured by my army on a battlefield, that is where he belongs. I had a son on that battlefield and they were shooting at my son, and I'm not about to give this man who was captured in a war a full jury trial. I mean it's crazy." (link) Does that sound impartial to any of you?
Of course, it also continues to recite this "battlefield" lie, which is a handy way to convince the public that the situation is acceptable. It doesn't make it true, however. Two UK residents currently enjoying the hospitality of Guantanamo Bay were arrested in Gambia, of all places. (link) According to indo.com's distance measurer, it is around 5,400 miles from Gambia to Afghanistan. This is something like 5398 miles beyond the effective range of most rifles, so suffice to say that regardless of what else these men might have done, they were probably not shooting at Mr Scalia's son.
Of course, it also continues to recite this "battlefield" lie, which is a handy way to convince the public that the situation is acceptable. It doesn't make it true, however. Two UK residents currently enjoying the hospitality of Guantanamo Bay were arrested in Gambia, of all places. (link) According to indo.com's distance measurer, it is around 5,400 miles from Gambia to Afghanistan. This is something like 5398 miles beyond the effective range of most rifles, so suffice to say that regardless of what else these men might have done, they were probably not shooting at Mr Scalia's son.
