The Way Forward in the War on Terror

by RJ Harris

Somewhere between the events of 911 and the President’s Afghanistan “surge speech” we seem to have forgotten that what distinguishes us from the terrorists trying to kill us is our commitment to the rule of law. Terrorists and pirates care nothing about safeguarding individual liberty or fundamental human rights, but we do. Our commitment to these formalities is what makes us human and free and makes them the enemies of humanity. This commitment requires us to provide due process and equal protection to all persons, not only citizens, within our Republic’s jurisdiction regardless of where they were captured or where they are currently held.