The Usually Sensible Christopher Buckley

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The usually sensible Christopher Buckley on torture:

"It is, yes, good that the U.S.A. is not doing this anymore, but let’s not get too sanctimonious about how awful it was that we indulged in these techniques after watching nearly 3,000 innocent Americans endure god-awful deaths at the hands of religious fanatics who would happily have detonated a nuclear bomb if they had gotten their mitts on one. And let us move on. There is pressing business. (Are you listening, ACLU? Hel-lo?)"

Yes, Christopher. We don't want to overstate, even though a) we sometimes did it to the wrong people, and b) some of the time it didn't work.

"The operative question becomes: What do we do now with captive bad guys who possess information that could prevent another 9/11? We may have moved on. They, assuredly, have not."

How about we try techniques that work?