Im a Cruz guy. This was unforced error. His statement played into the McCain Train camp, regardless of the fact that he doesn’t agree with McCain. No need for him to say that. His statement should have been more along the lines of the fact that we live in a dangerous world ruled by the aggressive use of superior force.
There is no error in what he said.
There is a point why this stuff was SECRET. Torture is not a policy of any nation to brag openly about, even with cutesy language borrowed from Rush. there are treaty convention out the wazoo dealing with this we are supposed to abide by in public, even if we fudge it behind closed doors.
We lose major moral high ground when these methods become part of the official public record, and seriously endangers are standing on the world stage with friends and foes.
No sane president, or elected official should be openly justifying it, even if they totally agree with shoving hot pokers up people’s rears.
Now that it is out in the public record, we will have to walk it back aggressively whether people here like it or not.