The Bush administration says that the detainees are “enemy combatants” in the global war against terror – a war that is being waged around the world, and that could last for decades. The commander of the Guantánamo task force, Rear Admiral Harry B. Harris, Jr., recently defended harsh treatment of his prisoners, claiming, “They’re all terrorists; they’re all enemy combatants.”
布什政府说这些被关押者是全球反恐战争中的“敌方战斗分子”—那是一场在全世界范围内发动，可能持续数十年的战争。关塔纳摩特别行动的指挥官，海军少将小Harry B. Harris最近为残酷对待囚犯的行为辩护说：“他们都是恐怖分子；他们都是敌方的战斗分子。”