Cheney: Torture A-OK

Nothing surprises me any more. You could tell me you were moving to Mars tomorrow, and actually be serious about it, and it would not faze me one bit. So when something like this comes up,

The Bush administration in recent days has been lobbying to block legislation supported by Republican senators that would bar the U.S. military from engaging in "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment" of detainees, from hiding prisoners from the Red Cross, and from using interrogation methods not authorized by a new Army field manual.

Vice President Cheney met Thursday evening with three senior Republican members of the Senate Armed Services Committee to press the administration's case that legislation on these matters would usurp the president's authority and -- in the words of a White House official -- interfere with his ability "to protect Americans effectively from terrorist attack."

all I can do is sigh. Think about Cheney's logic here. We need to torture prisoners to protect Americans from terrorists. I'll let you connect A and B for yourself. Feel free to use paper, pencil, pen, knife, club, gasoline, rope, wire, electrocution, water, extreme temperatures, drugs, dogs, sodomization, guns and even murder if you want. If you still cannot follow it you can even use the cheat sheet (the quote) above. If Cheney thinks that torturing prisoners, who are locked up and no longer a threat, is the best way "to protect Americans effectively from terrorist attack," then he has no clue on how to fight terrorism.

As for all the Americans out there, and do not deny it because they are and there are a lot of them, who think that it is ok or good to torture terrorists, let me meet you so I can punch you in the face. Yes we are at war. This war is the most untraditional war ever fought. Our opponents are willing to kill themselves along with innocents on both sides to accomplish their goals. I personally find this nothing short of disgusting. However, the minute you cease to see your opponent as a human being and start to think of him as something less, or demonize him, you have taken your first step toward losing your own humanity.