Comments on: “Law and the Long War,” by Benjamin Wittes - a blog discussion

By: Thomas Nephew

Thomas Nephew — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:22:10 +0000

I look forward to reading it. I still plan to write my own comment on chapter 2, I’ve been very busy and also a bit writer’s-blocked about it.

By: Bill Day

Bill Day — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:37:36 +0000

No news from the Newsrackblog, and The Talking Dog is silent, so I figured I would try to move the ball forward with my own comment on chapters 1 and 2 of Mr. Wittes’ book.

By: Bill Day

Bill Day — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:12:46 +0000

Thomas,

Thank you for undertaking this important discussion. I think that another reason why the discussion is important is that it offers an opportunity to provide a rich context for an important subject, and hopefully you and your readers will take advantage of the strengths of the web to link the discussion to its broader context on the web and in the world.

Bill Day

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Aziz suggested I notify TI of a series o… « Talk Islam — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:04:36 +0000

[...] collaborating with another blogger, “The Talking Dog,” on this. In addition to my announcement and his, I’ve now discussed the introduction here: Law and the Long War: The Hoess [...]

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By: Aziz Poonawalla

Aziz Poonawalla — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:47:30 +0000

Thomas, be sure to link each installment at Talk Islam as the topic matter is highly relevant and of interest to the audience there!

(you have tested your access out right?)

By: Thomas Nephew

Thomas Nephew — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:36:53 +0000

No, not at all! I did say “so-called long war” above. But even if I firmly believed that our conflict with Al Qaeda/Bin Laden is in fact and ought to be a war, pure and simple, and that it will be a long one, I wouldn’t insist on you doing so. — Still, whether we now approve of it or not, there was a rather overwhelming authorization of military force against Al Qaeda. That may not be the declaration of war that would clinch the argument that we are formally and legally at war, but it seems very close to it.

By: Nell

Nell — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:45:02 +0000

This seems like a very worthwhile project. Does taking part require that a person buy into the idea that we’re involve in a “long war”?

By: the talking dog

the talking dog — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:15:37 +0000

Thomas:

I’m looking forward to working with you on this; it promises to be a most enlightening exercise, and as you noted, concerns a subject whose importance to our lives can simply not be overstated. The very purpose of terrorism is to throw us off our game, to see whether we’ll take the bait and alter our behavior to conform to our fear… such as, oh, changing our laws permanently when we might not really need to… in reaction to terrorism. Well… looking forward to it.