Ralph Peters writes today in the New York Post from the perspective of one who once wore a uniform and neither targeted nor endangered civilians by hiding among them:
Terrorists don’t have legal rights or human rights. By committing or abetting acts of terror against the innocent, they place themselves outside of humanity’s borders. They must be hunted as man-killing animals.
And, as a side benefit, dead terrorists don’t pose legal quandaries.
Captured terrorists, on the other hand, are always a liability. Last week, President Obama revealed his utter failure to comprehend these butchers when he characterized Guantanamo as a terrorist recruiting tool.
Closing Gitmo would be handing a propaganda victory to al Qaeda. Affording terrorists due process will not protect our troops if captured by them and only undermines the sole intent — protecting civilians — for why the Geneva Conventions stated who are protected persons, what rules uniformed warriors should follow, and deliberately left unlawful combatants unprotected. Those truths do not change just because your last name is Obama, Gates, or Mukasey.
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