Out of a Bad Spy Novel

From an Op-Ed column in the Washington Post about the secret American jail in other countries:

Our ideals are the heart and soul of this nation. We are not an ancient nation united by language or blood. Our ideals, rather than ethnicity or even territory, hold us together and make us a nation. When we betray those ideals, we weaken America.

In other words, giving up our ideals to fight the terrorists just hands the victory to them.

Here's a cached copy if the original article expires.