or multiple nations and our invasion of these nation was a response to that. In that case, anyone detained in connection with these wars is either a regular soldier or member of a voluntary militia,
both of which are fully covered by the geneva convention and must be treated as POWs.

OR

We were attacked by a non-national criminal network. In this case all people detained are regular
criminals, subject to civil laws.

In THAT case however, the invasion of other countries was a totally illegal act under international law, and should lead to the death penalty for those who set it off, by the standards of Nuremberg.


This half-assed gray area bullshit, twisting the law the way we like it, has to stop. It may be fitting for some autocratic regime, but not for a self-proclaimed democracy.