Rule of Law
Gen. Pervez Musharraf has justified taking away the individual rights of citizens of Pakistan for the purpose of fighting terrorists. Conveniently, his actions have also crushed the voice of his political opponents and free speech necessary for a fair election. Ironically, he claims to be fighting forces that take away rights from individuals by taking away rights from individuals. To accomplish this he disbanded the Supreme Court and jailed the lawyers—much like the famous words of the Shakespearean characters who plotted to take away the rights of the people they conquered: “First, let’s kill all the lawyers.” Rule of law is the last and best line of defense for the people.
This is problematic in the U.S. as the chief law enforcement leader of the land is about to be confirmed, even though he feels the President can violate law and doesn’t know if “water boarding” is torture even though the U.S. has prosecuted this practice as a war crime for many decades.
Sometimes the speeches of Radical Muslim Clerics are tragically similar to the rhetoric of the spin-doctors for Bush. If we give up ethics and rule of law for security we will lose both.
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