Ex-defense chief Robert Gates: GOP candidates 'simplistic' about Islamic State

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(01-20-2016, 12:34 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: call them enemy combatants

Nah.  "Unlawful" combatants.  Enemy combatants are entitled to protections under the conventions of warfare, such as due process.  An unlawful combatant can be held without charges indefinitely (depending upon how you interpret the law.)