I never, for a moment, ever believed they HAD consciences.
How could anyone who justifies murdering infants, murdering the elderly, stealing from one person to bribe another, etc., etc., HAVE a conscience?
What they believe in, and how they live their lives precludes having anything remotely resembling a moral base or conscience.
We need to remember that when dealing with them - and deal with them at that same level if the time comes.
"This is a very important lesson. You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the endwhich you can never afford to losewith the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be."For those not familiar with the name, Adm. Stockdale spent 7+ years in the "Hanoi Hilton".