Fighting terrorism ain't beanbag.

The Guardian seems to think otherwise:

This battle must be won within the law. Anything else is not just a form of defeat but will in the end fuel the flames of the terror it aims to overcome.

Sounds like famous last words to me.

James Taranto answers the weak-kneed:

Here is the problem: "Don't trust the Bush administration" is not much of antiterror strategy. For the long term--i.e., Jan. 20, 2009, and beyond--it is not a strategy for anything, for on that day the Bush administration will end. If the administration's critics do have better ideas about how to win the war against our terrorist enemies, they do the country a disservice by presenting them in an unappealing package of partisan hatred and paranoia.

By focusing all their wrath on George Bush, who really doesn't deserve to be compared to Adolf Hitler or any other fascist, his opponents may achieve a last gasp, but they haven't got anything to offer when it comes to stopping terrorism. I can't see any of them going beyond what Clinton was willing to do. Nor can I imagine tax increases doing anything to help the economy.