They Maim and Kill, We Pretend To Drown Them
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ABC News has a bit of a bombshell interview with an ex-CIA agent who participated in the waterboarding of one of our captured terrorists, Abu Zubaydah. The discussion is frank and doesn’t insult the intelligence with simple platitudes and 1950’s morality. It covers the tough trades we have had to make when faced with possible attacks that could kill hundreds or thousands of innocent people:
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It is not pleasant world out there due to some who foster an evil disregard for humanity and an obsession for power over others. Those who stand up to this evil do what they must, only because they must, only because the evil ones force us to do so to save lives. It is not the act, it is the intentions behind the act the determine whether it is morally valid. For example, it is what separates a surgeon from Jack The Ripper. I think what we, America, have done since 9-11 has been morally correct in all cases (individuals running Amok is not national policy or directions) and those who carried out the war on terror deserve to be saluted instead of used as political pawns.
Thank you for the ping; I agree with the writer entirely.