The Protocals of War

HAS NO IDEA WHAT THE

CONSTITUTION

 IS ALL ABOUT

AND COULD CARE LESS

Long before The Geneva Conventions, it was
generally agreed among nations that:
@   Men at war are required to wear uniforms,
         carry their weapons openly,
@   be part of a regular armed force, and
         not intentionally target civilians.

Wartime powers and priveledges were defined thus:
@    Enemy combatants may be captured and
          held until the end of hostilities.
@    Soldiers who adhere to the laws of war shall
          be entitled certain protections.
@    Non-uniformed terrorists who target civilians
          are unlawful combatants.
@    They are not entitled to the same and may be
           prosecuted by a military commission
           for war crimes

The peace treaty at New Orleans decreed that:
      "In the state of war, civilian courts are inadequate...." 

in Moyer vs Peabody the Supreme Court affirmed:
      "Public danger warrents the substitution of
             executive process for judicial process."

The long and short of it is that:
A free, selfgoverning people

does not surrender control of decisions concerning

national defense - to officials who are not politically

accountable. We must reject the idea of entrusting

our security to judicial processes or we shall eventually

find ourselves neither secure nor free.