The civilized and moral way to handle the situation is by law and justice. Find the guilty, get them handed over by whatever nation is housing them, prove them guilty, inprison them for life. Credits for the USA who is following the civilized way, for now (The israelis wouldn't).
The final exam comes when you are sure enough it is, say, Bin Laden, to want him handed over for trial: If the Talibans refuse, you will be like the terrorists youself if you try to get him by military force, and that would legitimate more terrorist attacks on YOU (the civilized world wouldn't accept more terrorist deeds, but YOU would signal it is an acceptable way). The civilized way is by political and economical sanctions. Civilized adults don't use violence, that's basic and someone should tell you already when you hit your friend who borrowed your toy-car in the sandbox.
And even if USA does suprise us and handle this all the way by the civilized manual, I'm quite afraid that you'll fall anyway, on the very goal line: NO civilized nation in the world should be barbaric enough to use the death-penalty.
ToHell, Sweden (maybe I should get myself a livejournal account :-)
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Date: 2001-09-14 02:51 am (UTC)The final exam comes when you are sure enough it is, say, Bin Laden, to want him handed over for trial: If the Talibans refuse, you will be like the terrorists youself if you try to get him by military force, and that would legitimate more terrorist attacks on YOU (the civilized world wouldn't accept more terrorist deeds, but YOU would signal it is an acceptable way). The civilized way is by political and economical sanctions. Civilized adults don't use violence, that's basic and someone should tell you already when you hit your friend who borrowed your toy-car in the sandbox.
And even if USA does suprise us and handle this all the way by the civilized manual, I'm quite afraid that you'll fall anyway, on the very goal line: NO civilized nation in the world should be barbaric enough to use the death-penalty.
ToHell, Sweden (maybe I should get myself a livejournal account :-)