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Bush Reveals USA's New Secret Policy For Al Qaeda!	Erewhon	03/04/06
Speaking in Pakistan, Bush said in essence that his policy for dealing with Al Qaeda is to: 1. Find then 2. Charge them. Now he knows how to deal with them their days are numbered! What a masterful plan, eh?
Clarification/Follow-up by tomder55 on 03/05/06 11:10 am: in one sense I share your opinion of this tactic for yes,in places like Iraq that is exactly what is happening . While the Bush Administration does backflips to explain to everyone here at home that we are fighting a war and not engaging in a law enforcement process, in Iraq we are treating illegal combatants like criminal defendants, all with an eye to "teaching" the Iraqis about democracy and generating the "good will" of the international community. Under the laws of war, an Iraqi insurgent captured planting a bomb could legally be and should be shot on the spot. Instead, after questioning they are handed over to the Iraqi judiciary for trial. Many of these "caught" jihadis are released by the Iraqi judiciary within hours of capture, returning to kill and maim American soldiers. I suppose political considerations always plays a significant part . It would've been a little impolitic for him to say 'kill the terrorists 'while in a country where the terrorist network has infiltrated much of the society to a point where the courageous President Musharraf has survived multiple asassination attempts due to his decision to support our efforts.
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tomder55		03/05/06
say what you will ;the Bush Doctrine will be ;just like the Truman Doctrine during the Cold War ;the model that will be used for fighting the war against Jihadistan for the next 50 years .

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