bannination wrote:Link
I think Sarah Palin is trying to put The Onion out of business.
FTA:
She said later in her address that if “I were in charge” — a line that drew applause from the crowd — “they would know that waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists.”
This is a big part of why I still consider the US to be a torture state.
It's not just that those responsible - from those in the White House down to the torturers - didn't end up with a noose around their necks.
It's not just that - setting aside prosecution - they're not even remotely considered pariahs. Heck, John Yoo is even teaching at Berkeley.
It's not just that once it was established that America was now firmly in the torture state category, the American people reelected those responsible. And that it wasn't even an election issue.
It's that the OPPOSITION party - the Democrats - refused to prosecute or even make it an issue, and Republicans are DEMANDING the return of torture. In the 2012 election cycle Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain demanded it. Sarah Palin demands it. Presumably the only reason Ron Paul didn't demand it is that he thinks it's an issue that should be left to the states. And it never became an issue. Not with the other Republicans, let alone the Democrats.
The torture program is at best on hold for the current administration. And I wouldn't place bets on even that.