In Officer Les Barr's recent guest comment in support of the war on drugs, he uses terms such as "deeply disturbed" and "mindboggling" when describing the letter he so vehemently criticizes.

As a litigation attorney, whenever my adversary uses such terms at a hearing, I immediately know that I have struck a nerve and that my opponent's argument is in serious trouble. When he suggests that the war on drugs is "just as important as the war on terrorism," my suspicions are confirmed.

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