1. Guantanamo Bay Legality
The Geneva Conventions set a precedent and have worldwide jurisdiction. ... Such an example as the Guantanamo Bay crisis sets a precedent for many other things to come our way. ... US government justification The United States has labeled the current situation of the world as a "Time of war". ... An exert from January/February 2004 issue of Foreign Affairs comments on the current situation, "The Bush administration has literalized its "war" on terrorism, dissolving the legal boundaries between what a government can do in peacetime and what's allowed in war. ... With no conflict between t...
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