2- we're supposed to be the good guys


Dave Hall wrote:
Yea, but it's all relative.

In other words, you don't believe there is really such a thing as good
and evil? Only varying shades of gray?



3- we control what we do, not them



It seems to me, that we place ourselves a great tactical disadvantage
by steadfastly proclaiming to adhere to "the rules", while our enemy
freely flaunts its indifference to following "the rules".

Well, if by being "realitvely" good compared to terrorists, we create
more new terrorists faster than we can kill them, *and* give world
opinion a solid reason to like them more than us, then we lose. Isn't
that kinda dumb?

2ndly, if you set aside principles for convenience, then you do not
really have any principles.

DSK