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why is it that nobody ever considered treating these guys, and other al-Qaeda types, as common criminals, and the struggle against them as a simple law enforcement battle, sort of like dealing with the mob? That strikes me as the correct posture. There is an international aspect to terrorism, of course, but there are international criminal organizations too.
John Kerry proposed this when he was running in 2004. He was laughed off the stage.
Of course, the reason he was laughed off the stage was because the idea was sensible. Sensible isn't fun and macho, and doesn't involve torture and blowing things up. Ergo, everyone hated it.
