Fundamental Character
by ChrisJune 20th, 2005 2:18 pm
From the Financial Times, Bill Clinton discusses Gitmo:
” I ask all Americans and all free people always to think about this, when you ask yourself, ‘Should we do this or not?’ Because you can always say, if I put the clamps down harder I’ll be more secure - on any issue.
Here’s the question you should ask yourself, ‘If we do this thing, whatever it is, will it change the fundamental character of my country?’ If the answer is yes, you’ve already given the terrorists a profound victory, so at all costs we should try to say ‘No. We will not do anything that changes the fundamental character of our country.”
If you are interested, there is quite a bit more on the subject in the interview. I would certainly like it if he was a little stronger on this, and I fear that the fundamental character he refers has already changed forever.
