Torture states love
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solarbirdA brief history of the new bipartisan acceptance of torture.
Torture states hate being wrong, so make up reasons to send you to jail.
Torture states love redefining "private" to mean "not private."
Torture states don't really care about counterexamples, because effectiveness isn't the point.
Torture states take pride in torture. "Three Cheers for Waterboarding... Waterboarding is something of which every American should be proud."
Torture states hate being wrong, so make up reasons to send you to jail.
Torture states love redefining "private" to mean "not private."
Torture states don't really care about counterexamples, because effectiveness isn't the point.
Torture states take pride in torture. "Three Cheers for Waterboarding... Waterboarding is something of which every American should be proud."
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Date: 2007-11-14 01:54 am (UTC)A substantial proportion of the troops would be quite willing to do just that. I fear that we will see more of that attitude as the war progresses.