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Punish the Real "Torture" Culprits
It seems I was quite shortsighted in my assessment that the left would be satisfied with Bush and Cheney indictments. My bad. The trouble with this desire for retribution isn't that it goes too far. The trouble is that it...
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The Punisher Party
Pat Dollard | Young AmericansAce Of Spades: Punish the Real “Torture” Culprits It seems I was quite shortsighted in my assessment that the left would be satisfied with Bush and Cheney indictments. My bad. “The trouble with this desire for retribution isn’t that it goes too far. The trouble is that it doesn’t go far enough. There is another group — a large one — that stood by doing nothing while Americans grabbed people off the streets of foreign countries, took them to other foreign countries (because we ...

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