Quote Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud
Once again, out of 435,000 Germans in U.S. POW camps I can't find anything in regards to their due process in a U.S. court as to whether or not they should be held.
No, I'm sure that none of the German POWs of WWII had their day in a US court. Due process for a POW does not involve a trial. I think due process for a POW has more to do with their treatment, living conditions, protection from torture, and release at the end of hostilities.

Probably there is not any one-size-fits-all way to handle all of the detainees anyway. For those that were captured on the battlefield in Afghanistan or Iraq, it makes sense to me that they would be considered POWs. But then you have poeple like the German guy who was picked up in Pakistan for traveling to some religious schools. He was not on the battlefield and not carrying weapons --- turns out he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time and had nothing to do with terrorism whatsoever. He gets sent to Afghanistan, tortured, sent to GITMO, tortured some more, and is finally released after 5 years when the German Chancellor finally made a personal request to Bush. A person like that is not a POW. He is someone captured in more of a police-type operation outside of the battlefield. He should have had his day in court. I'm sure there are more people who have been captured in that way who should not be processed as POWs. They may all be guilty, but they should be processed properly. This country is coming off like a bunch of hypocrits when we tell the rest of the world the RIGHT way to do things, and we don't even follow those rules ourselves.

I've got no idea what should be done with the people whose countries don't want them back. I haven't really heard much about that.
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