Remember that a lot of unpleasant things and decisions have had to be made over the last 250 or so years that allow us to live the way we do. We on this board have not been privy to any of these things but we have the right to discuss them. A lot of what goes on behind the scenes concerning the CIA and other intellegence groups may be "illegal" according to the Geneva convention, but as long as we are being made safer by these acts, I wont complain. The higher ground arguement is hollow to me because we must deal with terrorists on their level or we will continue to lose these battles. The international community be damned if they dont like it. The WSJ had an article on how business ties are keeping santions away from Iran concerning thier "illegal" nuclear program. France, Russia, China, and Germany all have hundreds of millions invested in Iran, mostly because of the absence of US competition there. Negotiating with power mongers like the the Iranian Pres and Il Jung of N. Korea is seemingly as big a waste of time as would negotiating with captured terrorists.
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