Saturday, February 13, 2010

Courting Disaster, Indeed

Another Professional Idiot, with a new book with an offensive subtitle:

"Courting Disaster. How the CIA Kept America Safe and how Barack Obama is Inviting the Next Attack", by Marc Thiessen.

Well, Mr. Thiessen, by politizicing the question of the next attack, you are yourself inviting it.

The "next attack" will probably happen, inevitably, no matter who is the president and no matter who gets tortured or not.

The question, really is (a) whether the torture methods that this book defends are compatible with the democratic nature and moral values of the USA, and (b) whether they, in the long run, invite more terrorism or less.

I wrote the above before reading the excellent review of this book by someone who does know what he's talking about --- a military interrogator.

Read it here: http://www.slate.com/id/2246692