Indeed and in many cases it has been conclusively proven that they were not terrorists, but rival tribesmen. Also, the decision is a good one because it will require proper categorization of people that we capture. Some of the people were Taliban fighters. As such they should be POWs and now we have an impetus to define the end of formal hostilities…it'll really help against having permanent wars.

It should be noted, by the way, that many of these prisoners were not, in fact, shooting at American soldiers in Afghanistan. Many of them were merely turned in by local Pakistani and Afghan tribesmen. For many of them, we have no idea if they are terrorists or not.

That's why these court proceedings are so important. There is simply no reason not to ascertain whether or not these men are actually guilty of terrorism.