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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Postulation

If the CIA had simply "disappeared" and tortured Khalid Sheik Muhammed off the books, I don't think much of anyone would be complaining.

The political problem is that they tried to broaden and institutionalize torture, rendition, and harsh treatment.

(I'm not making a statement on torture, but on the politics.)

posted by mikevotes at 6:26 AM

4 Comments:

  • Morality is for liberals. They wanted to show that torture is effective.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:42 AM  

  • I dunno. I think "torture is effective" plus executive power claims....

    My point was that I think we'd have all accepted it if the "mastermind of 9-11" was taken in a backroom and beaten, but the prospect of a policy of beating people is a whole different thing.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 10:11 AM  

  • That's why they needed people like Yoo and Gonzales....to integrate torture into the policy.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:57 AM  

  • Yup. But that paper trail is what makes it so egregious.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 1:14 PM  

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