Marc Thiessen. It would almost be funny to see such a classic example of ye old War on Analogy, except that when it's in defense of a torture regime you had a hand in perpetuating and justifying it's not remotely funny.
the party of torture
That's the practical gist of this Charles Krauthammer column, which begins by invoking the much-mocked "ticking time bomb" scenario, but quickly moves on to this gem:The second exception to the.
I strongly endorse Dahlia Lithwick's position in the debate in the Sunday Times about the prosecution of Bush administration war criminals. Making Lithwick's argument stronger are the embarrassingly weak conclusions.
Glenn Reynolds. In addition to everything else, Reynolds also demonstrates the bizarre inability of torture apologists to understand the concept of consent (or, in a pinch, the ability to define the concept of "consent" so that it's meaningless):At any rate, whatever limits on volume and...
President Bush, as most of you know, has used his veto powers sparingly. But on some issues -- like more poor children getting health care -- he simply can't avoid.