And they've not been properly charged, much less convicted, of being terrorists
Again with the law enforcement mentality.
Go read Osama bin Laden's declaration of war on the US, and do him the credit of believing him sincere. He is not a criminal. He is an enemy. He wants to destroy the USA.
Wars on drugs, wars on poverty, wars on crime and wars on terrorism don't end, NOT EVER
Drugs are a vice, that will continue to be sold as long as people want to buy them. Crime also, which is done mostly for money.
Terrorism is not a vice, it is a tool in the service of an ideology. It is a technique of war. The jihadis are not doing it for the money, though they use the services of many who are. They are doing this for the cause. Ideological wars do not last forever, only as long as the ideologies are in favor. How many fight today for Nazism? How many fight for Communism? How about the Maoists or Shining Path? Why don't you tell me that these are also pseudo-wars that will last forever, whose combatants must be charged with crimes like burglars?
This is a war, not by decree of the US, but by decree of Al Qaeda. You cannot fight a war by charging individual soldiers with criminal offenses. That makes no sense and does not work. |
