"Enough With the Torture Sanctimony"
Excellent piece by Chirstopher Buckley.
It is, yes, good that the U.S.A. is not doing this anymore, but let’s not get too sanctimonious about how awful it was that we indulged in these techniques after watching nearly 3000 innocent Americans endure god-awful deaths at the hands of religious fanatics who would happily have detonated a nuclear bomb if they had gotten their mitts on one. And let us move on. There is pressing business. (Are you listening, ACLU? Hel-lo?)
Waterboarding a couple of terrorists
is a travesty; murdering thousands of
civilians is a statistic.
Posted by: TheBigHenry | April 29, 2009 at 09:01 AM
Waterboarding a couple of terrorists makes you wonder who the terrorists are.
Posted by: DontTorture | April 30, 2009 at 11:28 AM
I'm guessing the terrorist is the one deliberately killing and maiming innocent people in an effort to make a political gain. Maybe that's just me, though.
Tell you what, DontTorture, why don't you tell me which you would prefer for you and your loved ones, waterboarding or being blown to pieces by a fanatic with a suicide bomb?
It would be nice to have a rational debate about what torture is, and is not, but I'm afraid the hysterical BDS sufferers aren't about to let that happen if they can help it.
Posted by: JorgXMcKie | April 30, 2009 at 02:17 PM