Torture: I'm talking to Yoo

Perhaps I don't see it but it is here where we say that we resisted the degradation of our codes of honor, of the veracity of our oaths of office as military officers, of the heritage earned for us by men such as James Stockdale who stood against this buggery that a twisted Vice President would order done.

Why no comments about the value of the USNA, USMA or USAFA under this line? Did anyone just resign over it all? Or maybe place a sign by a statue of a hero on post or yard which asked the question: "Why was Torture necessary?"

I am afraid there was just a gentle breeze of quiet compliance.....as the Brigade, Corps or Wing sternly marched by.

“I like to think I would not have approved those methods in the past,” he wrote, “but I do not fault those who made the decisions at that time, and I will absolutely defend those who carried out the interrogations within the orders they were given.” Admiral Dennis C. Blair, a USNA graduate, memo on torture contained in the NYT, 22 April 2009

Think Dennis had a similar compassion for the Indonesians who ran about East Timor in murder exercises.

Crime and dishonor when they yield some utility must be okay.

And of course individual acts of dignity, ethics and creeds are above his expectations of those citizen wogs who carry out the orders.

Yes, life along the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries does encourage that gentle breeze of compliance.

That which comes from an interview between Fox and Cheney is by its very nature a charade conducted among shills on behalf of Mistopholese.