Sunny Guantanamo (Re: Speaking of the Geneva convention)
J.A. Terranson
measl at mfn.org
Thu Dec 18 17:41:42 PST 2003
On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Jim Dixon wrote:
<SNIP>
> Why does the US military have
> to treat them as though they had US constitutional rights? They are not
> citizens or physically present in the United States.
In a nutshell, our Constitution *recognizes* universal human rights. It does
not *establish* these rights. If we are going to be faithful to this
premise, physical location is a non-sequitor.
--
Yours,
J.A. Terranson
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