Good Christ. Are we really so obsessed with protecting the Commander Guy against warcrimes charges, that we're ready to just yawn when the "Axis of Evil" tortures our troops? Is this really what counts as "supporting the troops"?
From today's Washington Post:
Air Force Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Hartmann, who oversees the prosecutors who will try the detainees at military commissions, said that while "torture" is illegal, he cannot say whether waterboarding violates the law. Nor would he say that such evidence would be barred at trial.
But more revolting:
Hartmann also declined to say that waterboarding would be illegal if used by another country on U.S. forces ... .
No profound analysis needed. This shit speaks for itself. But note how deep this is buried in the Post story.
What's next -- we apologize to the Japanese officers we imprisoned for waterboarding our GI's during World War II? All just to keep Bush and Cheney out of a Hague prison cell?