Showing posts with label law enforcement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label law enforcement. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Have you ever had a dream so real...

Having different interpretations or emphasizing different elements of history is one thing. It's quite another to just pretend large chunks of history don't exist. Which is exactly what Andrew McCarthy does in this NRO article about how the "law enforcement" approach to combating al Qaeda is the sole province of sissy men. The article commences with one of the most awesome opening paragraphs I've read:

This is June 2008. That means it marks the ten-year anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s indictment . . . So it’s fair to ask: How is that strategy of prosecuting him in the criminal-justice system working out? That’s a question Sen. John McCain ought to be putting to Sen. Barack Obama every day.
I thought we'd snapped out of the "September 10th" mentality a long time ago, say around eight years ago? Or maybe those years didn't happen? If only. . .