The Lasting Disgrace of The Thing that Used to Be Conservatism

is summed up in this quote:

They vowed to follow the tenets of Islam that mandate the good treatment of prisoners. In my case, they unquestionably did. They gave me bottled water, let me walk in a small yard each day and never beat me.

That’s David Rhode, describing the treatment he received at the hands of the Taliban.

“Yes, but aren’t you overlooking the fact that he was a hostage?”

Not at all. Indeed, he was in precisely the same boat as the large number of completely innocent people we detained, sometimes for years, sometimes down to the age of 11, without charges. Only he wasn’t tortured in order to obtain a false confession that would justify our torturing him. That has been the unique policy contribution to American jurisprudence and American honor that is the lasting legacy of the Bush/Cheney Administration.

Making ourselves less honorable than the Taliban to save our Baby Boomer skins. Just another fruit of the culture of death–and a lasting stain on the honor of the paladins of Truly True Faithful Conservative Catholicism Who Aren’t Like Those Damn Progressive Dissenters. You fought for this for five long years in my comboxes, dudes. Enjoy your victory.

To get the man’s soul and give him nothing in return—-that is what really gladdens our Father’s heart. – Uncle Screwtape