The torture narrative is at odds with the facts. The U.S. does not have a policy of torturing captives, nor does it fail to abide by its obligations under the Geneva Conventions. When abuse has occurred, steps have been taken to punish the wrongdoers and rectify military practices. Those efforts will continue. A sober study would have made that clear. Congressional Democrats have instead found it expedient to smear the administration, the military, and the intelligence community for political purposes.
And if you yell about Abu Ghraib, I swear I'll be forced to question whether you have a brain stem. Even if we were torturing, Abu Ghraib was abuse and humiliation but not torture. And our military exposed the situation and stopped it.
And don't you dare whine about waterboarding. First of all, it has rarely been used. But more importantly, why do anti-war protesters go around waterboarding their colleagues if it is actually torture? Why? Because waterboarding is clearly unpleasant but it is not torture. Looking at Rosie O'Donnell in a thong is comparable on the pain scale.
We won't get a sober review of how we treat prisoners until Obama is president. By then, Congress could pass and Obama could sign legislation codifying our actual practices during the Bush administration and Obama would get credit for "ending torture."
