War on Terror 101
Tuesday June 27, 2006
Category: War on Terror
It has been almost five years since the September 11th attacks, and in that time the government has pursued a variety of domestic and international policy initiatives under the collective banner of the "War on Terror."
In the process, the U.S. government has done what nations generally do when they're under attack: violate basic human rights standards in the name of protecting the lives of citizens. Some of the "War on Terror" policies are no doubt justified, some are no doubt unjustifiable, and most fall somewhere in between. The fate of our civil liberties will depend, as it always tends to do, on our willingness as citizens to correct the mistakes made by our elected representatives.
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It has been almost five years since the September 11th attacks, and in that time the government has pursued a variety of domestic and international policy initiatives under the collective banner of the "War on Terror."
In the process, the U.S. government has done what nations generally do when they're under attack: violate basic human rights standards in the name of protecting the lives of citizens. Some of the "War on Terror" policies are no doubt justified, some are no doubt unjustifiable, and most fall somewhere in between. The fate of our civil liberties will depend, as it always tends to do, on our willingness as citizens to correct the mistakes made by our elected representatives.
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Comments
Today’s ruling by the Supreme Court was definitely a step in the right direction. We have a great system of checks and balances, a system the Bush administration has been all too willing to sidestep.