[snarks_when_bored]

"The levels of brutality that we've seen are truly horrifying, and I have to say, I underestimated the depravity," Perle says now...

It's truly stunning to hear Richard Perle, one of the chief motivators of the Iraq war, make such an admission. How does a thoughtful person underestimate the depravity of the sort of men who enjoy slowly lowering living prisoners, feet first, into plastic shredders?

What a disappointment Perle has shown himself to be. He can wash his hands in public but it won't remove the stains.

[Alberta's Child]

Perle is an @sshole, and this administration damanged its credibility beyond repair when it allowed this @sshole to play any role whatsoever in establishing its military and foreign policy.

This guy shouldn't have been allowed within 500 miles of Washington, DC -- let alone find his way to a position with top-security clearance in the Pentagon.