Another important measure we have developed in our...

“Another important measure we have developed in our overall strategy is applying the rule of law to terrorists. Terrorists are criminals. They commit criminal actions like murder, kidnapping, and arson, and countries have laws to punish criminals. So a major element of our strategy has been to delegitimize terrorists, to get socieity to see them for what they are–criminals–and to use democracy’s most potent tool, the rule of law against them.”

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L. Paul Bremmer, Ronald Reagan’s “Ambassador at Large for Counter-Terrorism”

That’s right, criminals. Not enemy combatants. Not soldiers on some sort of metaphorical battlefield. Criminals. They should be treated as such.