From a recent New York Times article:
The bodies of 28 members of a government-sponsored peace committee were found dumped on a road near the tribal area of South Waziristan on Wednesday, Pakistan officials said. The Pakistani Taliban said the men were killed because they supported the government, according to a Taliban statement made to a local journalist...
The attack on the peace committee sent a particularly chilling message because it was a brutal tactic by Mr. Mehsud’s forces to quash pro-government groups in the region, tribal elders said. The killings appeared to be a direct challenge to the policy of the new Pakistani government to negotiate with militants rather than use military force. Some of the men had been shot; others had their throats slit.
So, the question is, how do you deal with these Pakistani Taliban. Diplomacy, or negotiations as Obama wants? Or kill them, with no hesitation or doubt of mind, as the 'evil' Bush would? Okay, here is a middle road- capture them- but then what? Read them their rights, give them ACLU lawyers, and try to find witnesses to testify against them in a court of law beyond a reasonable doubt of a likely liberal judge?
I know what I would do- under the lawfully affirmed Geneva Conventions, I'd summarily shoot any terrorist, pirate, spy, or un-uniformed person conducting an undeclared war against civilians. In the long run, the world is a better place with that policy.
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