Lessening Evil

To continue to remain the policing body and the democratic state that acts justly in international terrorism matters, even when they happen to us as a nation, the United States must accordingly in the capture and prosecution of terrorists and their innocent counterparts. If this respect is breached, our ability to maintain leadership in these matters will be overthrown. We cannot apply the rule and act as the exception, no matter how abhorrent the crimes, because future has been shown to notoriously repeat itself, and violence only breeds violence. In respect to the treatment of detainees, it seems the line should be drawn at non-physical interrogation methods and an interest in the health and wellness of prisoners in order to divulge accurate information. Anything else firstly does not have any validity according to international standards, and secondly is an obvious violation of human rights. Despite criminality  the only necessity in enforcement of human rights is humanity itself, despite one's own disrespect for that, as is often true in terrorist activities.