Wouldn't it be grand if on Sept. 11th we had a President who reminded the country that...

Stronger intelligence, yes, more effective security measures, certainly - but also, the rule of law. Published, agreed norms, fair and open trials, impartial justice. The rule of Law. Our own standards. In the long term struggle against terrorists, our own principles are perhaps our most effective and even decisive means for success. They must be protected, and effectively employed to strengthen our legitimacy, and undercut the legitimacy of those who attack and kill the innocent. Terrorists are not warriors - they are criminals, criminals of particularly dangerous persuasion, but criminals. They should be treated as such, and denied the legitimacy of any combatant status. In the longer term, terrorism is first and foremost a struggle of ideas, convictions and passion. And we must do our part to deprive terrorist recruiters of the seed corn they seek, the feelings of personal and cultural humiliation, alienation, frustration, and despair that are used to identify and indoctrinate potential recruits. And this in turn requires far broader measures of political, social and economic development in many areas of the world. It is indeed likely to be one of our foremost challenges for much of this century, in one form or another.