I’ve asked it before and I will ask it again: Why do chickenhawks want to dignify terrorists by treating them like soldiers, instead of like the criminals they are?
Al Qaeda is an organized crime enterprise.–no more exotic than the mafia, or a multinational drug cartel. OK, they are ideology-driven rather than profit-driven, but that’s about the only distinction. Like the mafia or a drug cartel, they use murder, violence and threats of violence against persons and property as business tools to achieve their goals.
Why do people want to glorify them and act as if they are soldiers instead of criminal low-lifes? Well, one answer might be politics. You know, a chance to get in front of the cameras and maybe drive a fundraising push?
Carie Lemack, co-founder of The Families of September 11, has got it just right. Listen to what she has to say.
[Ed. Note: Also, Marcy has AG Eric Holder’s thorough response to the GOP Coward Caucus.]
