Rick: Oh, come now. If you’re going to complain about institutions being “controversial, unlawful and undemocratic” (dubiously, in the case of Guantanamo) then does it make sense to raise the EU as a counterexample? Is the EU’s constitution (a massive document which is rejected whenever put up to a democratic vote in its member countries) really not controversial? Is it really democratic? Is it lawful in the sense that it is accountable to something other than the whims of its unelected leaders? Such silliness is unworthy of a post on the New Criterion’s site. Not that there is no criticism to be made of US Government and military policy, but please be a little more serious and careful when doing so.