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Giving in to Unfounded Fears Does Not Show the Terrorists Anything
Friday, January 29, 2010 
If you want to defeat fundamentalism, throw the rule of law at it. Defeat it by demonstrating a belief in the institutions we have created in order to free us from a fear of religion, the unknown, the tyranny of dictators. This is a republic, founded on the principle of limited government and the rule of law. Putting someone on trial for their efforts to destroy that should be perfunctory. It should be a no-brainer. And, in the spirit of John Adams, give them the best lawyer and a fair trial.
That, and only that, will defeat fundamentalism.
We don’t live in the age of great men and great women. We live in the age of shivering piss-pants and cowards:
The White House ordered the Justice Department Thursday night to consider other places to try the 9/11 terror suspects after a wave of opposition to holding the trial in lower Manhattan.
The dramatic turnabout came hours after Mayor Bloomberg said he would “prefer that they did it elsewhere” and then spoke to Attorney General Eric Holder.
“It would be an inconvenience at the least, and probably that’s too mild a word for people that live in the neighborhood and businesses in the neighborhood,” Bloomberg told reporters.
“There are places that would be less expensive for the taxpayers and less disruptive for New York City.”
State and city leaders have increasingly railed against a plan to try Khalid Shaikh Mohammed in Manhattan federal court since Holder proposed it last month.
So it’s about money? What a crock.
It’s about fear.
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