What is the difference?

If the government of the United States shows the same lack of respect for the basic human rights as the terrorists it claims to be fighting, then what is the difference between the US government and Al-Q?

I do, respectfully, take issue with the position that the demands of this war require us to accord a lower station to the moral imperatives that should govern our conduct in war and peace when they come in conflict with the unyielding inhumanity of our vicious enemy.

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