If there is any one out there who believed that the three GOP musketeers wouldn't cave in on torture, I have a bridge for sale.
The Republican Congress - having already jettisoned habeas corpus, the fundamental right that separates free people from those who are enslaved, is about to further shame the U.S., with the collaboration of the three musketeers, by passing a bill that will give the Bush permission to torture.
From the New York Times:
"President Bush and three Republican senators said this afternoon that they had reached an agreement on legislation to clarify which interrogation techniques can be used against terror suspects and to establish trial procedures for those in military custody."
Don't think for one moment that "interrogation techniques" means anything but torture techniques.
Remember when John McCain said "It's not about who they are, it's about who we are." Well compare that with:
"The senator [McCain] said the agreement 'gives the president the tools that he needs to continue to fight the war on terror and bring these evil people to justice.'"
It's amazing the compromises you can make once you get a taste of presidential politics.
Now this all raises the question: where does this leave the ever-silent Democrats?
As long as they continue to count on the Republicans defeating themselves, they will continue to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory - as they have done all too often in the recent past.
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