"What People Don’t Understand About the Bergdahl Deal"

[Booz]

27. So Gitmo holds POWs and not just detainees?

I think what Mr. Kaplan doesn't understand is in a backward way he has given credit or legitimized a terrorist organization as a legitimate government. I guess Mr. Kaplan ranks right up there with the Saudis, Pakistan and the UAE. Legitimate governments commit acts of war; terrorist organizations commits crimes. People may say that the USA has declared war on terrorism, but that doesn't mean 9/11 was an act of war. It was a crime. The White House even recognizes the Taliban as a terrorist group and note that the Taliban was added to the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT) by executive order in 2002. And, evidently Mr. Kaplan thinks Gitmo holds prisoners of war and not detainees. Actually, I don't really care what you want to call an American held by a terrorist group. I think attention should be made to how the US government negotiates; present and the past. Especially with organization that they list as terrorist groups.