Law Enforcement

William Arkin has a nice piece up today about the Great War On Terra! He makes the argument that fighting the war with military has completely failed, and provides evidence that we need to go back to a law enforcement model. Here is his concluding graf which is right on:

What is needed is a declaration that the war is over. Terrorists are not warriors, they are just criminals. They will no longer be accorded the honors of war. Of course we will do all we can to stop them, even as we recognize that we cannot completely protect ourselves from their criminality. But we will no longer be hostage to their desire for terror and fear, nor will we be subject to the authority of the oppressive national security state.