(From Friday): Theres a classic Doonesbury cartoon from the Southeast Asia war period in which Phred The Terrorist is interviewing some Cambodian peasants and asks them about the secret bombing of Cambodia. Secret bombings? the farmer scoffs. There wasnt any secret about them. Everyone here knew. I did, and my wife, she knew, too. She was with me and I remarked on them. I said, Look, Martha. Here come the bombs. This is what came to mind this afternoon when the president actually used the word *torture* when he was talking about how our government tortured people in our name. He used the word. Big fking deal… (Cites quotation.) And then he expressed full confidence in John Brennan, who was hip-deep in the torture regime, and under whose auspices the CIA hacked into the computers of the Senate committee. The above may be the single most revolting thing this president ever said in public… — If the president thinks he can use the word and then just walk away from its profound implication in a cloud of banalities, hes been out on the golf course without a hat too long.
Posted on: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 23:15:17 +0000
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