Status of Enemies Would it be productive to include a section on the legal status of state defined terrorists under the Bush Doctrine Some has been written on for example the contrasting British and American definition of alleged terrorists For example if my understanding is correct the British system recognizes terrorism and similar acts as crimes and as such there is little ambiguity about the legal status of the accussed this has not barred miscarriages of justice mind you Whereas since combatants of a rogue state are not of equivalent legal status as those arrested for such crimes hence the somewhat confusing states of many enemy combatants