Why are detainees in Guantánamo less human than Hermann Goering?

The answer is that they aren't.

So why do we treat them that way? I can't answer that. I suspect no one can convincingly answer that. Certainly, to date, no one has.

I recommend you all go read this. It is short piece by a Jewish American WWII veteran and his experience at Goering's public trial (remember them?).

Just read it.