Let me share something of value to everyone. I present to you the perfect prescription to the closing of Gitmo.
Men, or squads of men, who commit hostilities, whether by fighting, or inroads for destruction or plunder, or by raids of any kind, without commission, without being part and portion of the organized hostile army, and without sharing continuously in the war, but who do so with intermitting returns to their homes and avocations, or with the occasional assumption of the semblance of peaceful pursuits, divesting themselves of the character or appearance of soldiers – such men, or squads of men, are not public enemies, and, therefore, if captured, are not entitled to the privileges of prisoners of war, but shall be treated summarily as highway robbers or pirates.
Straight from here:
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE FIELD
promulgated as General Orders No. 100 by President Lincoln, 24 April 1863
Interesting little document, shouldn’t you say?
Where is the clarity of thought in todays government?
Hat tip to Havoc over at GCP….
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Guantanamo
