Another reason why bombing Zarqawi was stupid...
is offered by David Luban writing in the La Times today:
Trying Zarqawi would have been a wonderful idea- unless, of course, what he has to say about you is going to come out.
Read the rest here.
LAST WEEK'S killing of Abu Musab Zarqawi may mark a turning point in the struggle against terrorism and the insurgency in Iraq. But the fact that he was killed by a pair of U.S. bombs, rather than captured and turned over to the Iraqis for trial, does no favors for Iraq in its struggle to establish the rule of law. Nor does it help that the bombing killed five others — maybe terrorists, but maybe innocent civilians
Trying Zarqawi would have been a wonderful idea- unless, of course, what he has to say about you is going to come out.
Read the rest here.