To channel my inner Bob Dole, I have been hungry to know where the outrage is over torture.
I wasn't sure I needed to write this, though; others are saying the same, better (h/t Eric Martin) and with more eloquent rage.
But it’s still important, I guess, just to add one more jot to the load of outrage. If everyone who can, does, perhaps we will begin to feel what is necessary after eight years of sustained, calculated official nattering intended to numb moral judgment.
So here, I want to inject just a little history into the chorus, some perspective on just how badly wrong the Bush torture cabal got it, and how much moral and practical damage they have done to the legitimate exercise of state power.
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