October 25, 2007

The Indefensible in Support of the Unspeakable

Rudy Giuliani in Iowa:

Asked at a community meeting here whether he considered waterboarding torture, Mr. Giuliani said: “It depends on how it’s done. It depends on the circumstances. It depends on who does it.”

I think what that means is that if the Iranians were to waterboard a captured US pilot it would be torture but if the Americans were to waterboard a captured Iranian intelligence officer it would not. Such is the moral clarity of our times.

25 Oct 2007 17:45:20 | 2008, Giuliani, O Tempora, O Mores, Torture

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