QUESTION OF THE WEEK

01. if you call a tail a leg, how many legs does a kangaroo have?
02. can a detainee be a prisoner?
03. if you invade a country, can the civilians there lawfully kill you?
04. did Auschwitz contain detainees?
05. what makes a combatant unlawful?
06. do you need to wear a uniform to be a lawful combatant?
......recgonizable at a distance? What distance?
07. if you invade a country, is that a war crime?
08. is it unlawful to be in a theater of war?
09. were minutemen unlawful combatants?
10. how many detinees of war turned out to be prisoners of war?
11. do you need to be in a long chain of command to be a lawful combatant?
12. is the commander-in-chief a lawful combatant?
13. is the president a civilian?
14. can the president finger people to be killed by his agents?
15. if a combatant is not in a chain of command, why torture him?
16. if a combatant IS in a chain of command, how is he an unlawful combatant?
17. Do the geneva Conventions preempt a functioning civil judicial structure?
18. why does an army general run a coaling station?
19. would you rather be paid in gold or in cardboard?
20. can prisoners be held, lawfully, incommunicado? detainees?
21. who said "they transported us beyond the seas to be tried for pretended offences"?
22. does the US have authority over the Princess Cruise lines, engaged in the Cuban trade?