Let the Trials Begin

Called as Seen notes the odd way our Left wants to heal the rifts of our political scene by noting this article about how some on the Left would seek to prosecute the Bush administration for waging war on our enemies.

Hutchison has a great point, but I have a different issue related to the picture illustrating the article. (And I made this comment for the most part in his post.)

I don't think we should--except under very extreme circumstances--torture.

That said, I think that the question of what is torture and what is harsh interrogation is a valid debate.

But if waterboarding is torture as the Left insists it is, why are the Lefties in the photo illustrating the article carrying out their waterboarding demonstration?

Why aren't they being arrested and tried for human rights violations?

I mean, death penalty opponents don't fry one of their members every time they hold a demonstration. And landmine opponents don't detonate them in crowded streets to show how bad they are for innocents. Nor do PETA members slaughter a cow or eat a burger to show how awful meat is.

So why would torture protesters do what they consider torture to one of their own?

It seems to me our Left is routinely waterboarding while our government has used it rarely. Or maybe it really isn't torture. Unpleasant, of course. But waterboarding is not obviously torture under the circumstances.