Amnesty for insurgents

"Killing American soldiers in Iraq is an act of war, not a crime, and the United States is wrong to oppose amnesty for the insurgents there . . . Without amnesty, undefeated insurgents have no incentive to stop fighting, knowing that peace means prison . . . What is most misguided about the United States’ demand is that rather than singling out real terrorists, it criminalizes the one group that resembles a normal fighting force: insurgents fighting Americans . . . When our soldiers kill in combat, they are not committing a crime. The same logic should apply to Iraqis." [1]

[1] The New York Times. Guilty of Fighting a War. August 12, 2006.

posted: august 13, 2006, 9:58 AM ET
update: august 17, 2006, 4:21 PM ET