Re: China's record on human rights
"They should have been executed on the battlefield as the terrorists they are."
No, the mistake we made, and continue to make, is to hold them extra-judicially without giving them their day in court. The United States was founded on the principal that:
"all men are created equal; that they are endowed, by their creator, with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"
Which means that all people deserve real justice, not a summary execution, no matter who they are. Killing a non-combatant not only goes against the founding principals of the US, but against those of pretty much every religion in existence.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
