There are two reasons I am utterly baffled by the possible reversal of the decision to try terrorists in federal court. First, it comes at a time when efforts to find, kill, and capture terrorists are having significant success. The key, it turns out, is to be dogged and professional, rather than going to “the dark side.” And that’s the other puzzling thing — that arguments based on fear-mongering and emphasizing the appearance of toughness still carry weight long after they were shown to do more harm than good. … We’ve got this totally backwards; this is a chance for…
Rudy’s not very nice either.
Last summer I worked for an organization which birddogged the candidates on issues of war, terrorism, and nuclear bombs and has the opportunity to meet Rudy numerous times. He’s really dismissive of people.