#20 | Posted by JOE at 2008-12-02 01:36 PM
online.wsj.com
Excellent citation. It says it all.
We've wrapped ourselves up in so much procedural and legal nonsense that we've lost track of the purpose of anti-pirate and anti-terrorist activities. We've imposed restrictions on ourselves that make us enablers of the activities of such creatures, who intrude on the public peace and tranquility.
Rather than disposing of priates by summarily destroying their vessels and hanging the survivors, we engage in self-examination regarding "hurting 'people'," who somehow have elected this anti-social activity. Instead of just elimination them, we use ineffective tactics and enable them to continue their depredations.
I regard to the terrorists at Abu Grabi and Guantanamo, we have a fascination with their welfare and their treatment rather than expediting their elimination as a threat by dispatching them. And our concern with their "rights" borders on insanity.
Why are we so squeamish when it comes to taking reasonable measures to eliminate anti-social behavior that interferes with the processes of a civilized world.
Exterminate the malefactors. If you don't, and if the oxymoronic rules of the UN apply, then the suffering the pirates and terrorists cause is deserved by the idiots who enact and/or comply with these idiotic mandates. Also, observation of restrictions that prevent aggrieved parties from destroying and sacking the headquarters city of the pirates is beyond comprehension.
Law is supposed to be pragmatic and deal with situations. We have "laws," which would deal with WWII combat conditions, but not with the warfare undertaken today. If the tactics of armed forces today had been employed instead of carpet bombing of cities such as Dresden and Tokyo, WWII would still be being fought today. Instead it ended in 3 years 8 months 1 week. We need to get over our nonsensical romantic notions that moderation can be factored into combat, and the goals achieved.
Kill the bastards. Dehumanize them. Of their own volition, they have abandoned their "rights" to any form of procedural or other protections. Kill the pirates. Hang them high. Kill the terrorists. Hang them. And don't have any compunctions regarding the propriety of any actions taken to preserve society, and protect its members and civilization.
