October 05, 2005

Bali bombings and soft judges

In the wake of the Bali bombings, there's no question that terrorists form an implacable enemy. But it doesn't help anyone that they have a perfect environment in which to operate. Indonesia has been providing that to them, by taking a law-enforcement approach to fighting terrorism instead of a national-security approach.

Terrorists who've committed mass murder have been getting off on legal technicalities left and right for the past four years. As a result, Indonesia's national security problem is growing ever greater. That needs to stop and Indonesia needs to develop a truly credible response to terrorism. Investor's Business Daily has some thoughts about the long string of judicial travesties that preceded last weekend's terror attack here.

Spot on.
To a lesser extent, this has been happening in the USA, too, as well as throughout the EU.
Take note--because the terrorists have.
Many of our leading Dhimmicrats, like 2004 Presidential candidate John F'in Kerry, actually embrace this law-enforcement approach.
Bill Clinton tried it, too and looked what happened 8 months after he left office, not to mention the deadly bombings during his term.
Do read the IBD piece cited; it's quite good.
We need to fix this problem at home, then pressure the Indonesian to do the same.