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I agree with the universality of human rights. That's one of the big things plaguing the legitimacy of our imperialistic actions.
On the other hand, in a cost-benefit analysis--if I can aid and abet terrorism, but surrender at the first chance I get, and withhold information, under threat of being asked a lot of questions (and given amenities such as shelter, food, etc) it just seems balanced too much towards the perpetrators. In other words, too much carrot and not enough stick.
But there are also issues of innocent detainees and lack of procedural/judicial safeguards that are usually present to protect the innocent. Again. I don't know enough to argue one point over another.
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Originally Posted by Lieber Code on the laws of war
"Men who take up arms against one another in public war do not cease on this account to be moral beings, responsible to one another and to God."
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