Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20111010:18:36:00
>> correct. >> the point here is if you assume that this is a battlefield, if you assume that there is a war on terror, war on al qaeda or that al qaeda is a war with the united states, the u.s. is treating him much like it would anywhere else on the battlefield. there precedents for that. during world war ii, italian americans fought with mussolini. at this point in time, they look back at that as one of the precedents and say we made no distinction then between german americans and germans and not going to make a distinction now either. >> that's the point you made the day after he was annou...