Fear of Flying
So I just finished dropping off the kids at school and I'm heading for work when I hear on the news that Condoleezza Rice is going to tell those holier-than-thou Europeans to back off with all their whining about us flying a few suspected terrorists to other countries where they are supposedly mistreated, poor babies — right, like their own history is so pure, hello. Good for you, Condi.
You know what — I don't know if we're torturing those nutjobs or not and I don't care if we are because if they're terrorists they deserve it and worse for what they did on 9/11.
Condi knows what we're up against in this War on Terror and she's not afraid to say so:
[S]he made the point that aggressive work to counter potential terrorists can be uncomfortable for democracies.
"The captured terrorists of the 21st century do not fit easily into traditional systems of criminal or military justice," she said. "We need to adapt."
And I think we're adapting just fine thank you.
But the part I don't get is if we're not sending these terrorists beyond the reach of US law so they can be tortured, like Condi insists, then why are we flying them all over kingdom come? I mean we're not flying them halfway around the world just for the hell of it are we? How would that be considered so "aggressive" that it makes democracies "uncomfortable"?
Who knows — maybe all these guys are such pathetic little cowards that they're terrified of flying. And on top of that if we make them eat some indigestible in-flight dinners and force them to watch some old Ronald Reagan movies they'll be ready to admit to anything by the time they land.
Oh well gotta run . . .
