Just watched, again, the John Wayne treatment of the Green Berets. One thing stands out: the cowardice of our retreat. That was not American, and it IS not American failing to realize how horrific the results were of our failure to the South Vietnamese people.
In our Starbuck’s age, people forget that torture was a commonly applied instrument of governance the world over, and when tempered, ONLY tempered as a result of our insistence.
How many of you would want to be placed on a starvation diet, worked 16 hours a day, and forced to spend an added four hours a day admitting what an awful person you are, and chanting pro-Obama or pro-Bush slogans?
Ay: there is so little understanding out there. Why do intelligent, educated people defend torture? I honestly don’t know.